[mythtv-users] MythTV v.27 an HDHR Prime w/comcast

[Gary Buhrmaster]

On Sun, Nov 9, 2014 at 6:16 AM, John Moore (Compucom Systems Inc)
<v-johmo at microsoft.com> wrote:
> Ok, so I have not been able to get mythtv to scan an see channels from my
> hdhr.

One does not "scan channels" with a HDHR Prime and
an activated CableCARD.  One uses "Fetch channels from
listings source" to download the cable channel definitions.
See the directions at:
  https://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Silicondust_HDHomeRun_Prime
(about half way down the article, at MythTV Configuration).

Scanning for channels could work for Clear QAM
channels, but Comcast encrypts everything (well,
the EAS channel, a test bar channel, the channel that
tells you you need to purchase service, and some
local radio channels are not encrypted) in all but the
last (few) legacy franchises, so that one needs to
use the virtual tuning capability of an OCUR tuner
with an activated CableCARD, and "fetch channels"
from a source for the definitions.