[mythtv-users] Proper entry for mythchanger channel changer

Eric Sharkey eric at lisaneric.org
Mon Nov 14 21:40:19 UTC 2011


On Sat, Nov 12, 2011 at 1:11 PM,  <networks1 at cox.net> wrote:
> I am trying to set up Major Idiot's firewire channel changer.  I've compiled it and it works from the command line, but I don't have the right entry in setup to invoke it.  What I have is
>
> mythchanger -f 4
>
> I assumed it appends the channel, but I guess not  since the log entry indicates it's not getting the right parameters.  What it needs is
>
> mythchanger -c <channel> -f 4
>
> How do I properly specify this in setup?

It does append the channel, but only the channel (not -c).  So I think
you'd want to specify it as:

mythchanger -f 4 -c

then when the backend appends the channel number, it will follow the
-c argument.

Eric


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