[mythtv-users] SchedulesDirect Changes

Robert Kulagowski rkulagow at gmail.com
Sat Sep 27 06:14:00 UTC 2014


On Fri, Sep 26, 2014 at 12:23 PM, Jay Foster <jayf0ster at roadrunner.com> wrote:
> I am OTA only.  I currently have two "lineups" (zip codes) selected on the
> SD website in order to get listings for the channels that I receive.   I
> receive stations from both "lineups" on each tuner (input).  My
> interpretation of the setup instructions is that going forward, there will
> be a one-to-one relationship between the input and the "lineup".  That
> simply isn't true for me.
>
> The concept of a lineup has little meaning for OTA users.  A lineup is a
> list of channels that someone else thinks one should get based on a zip
> code, but does not reflect the channels one actually does receive.  I have a
> list of channels and their associated XMLTV IDs. I just need listings for
> those, and don't care about what "lineup" someone else put them in.  Will it
> still be possible to select more than one "lineup" per MythTV input going
> forward?

Not strictly true; if you have stations that you're able to pick up,
and they're not in your native postal code, then open a ticket at
Schedules Direct. We'll work with Gracenote.  They will run a
line-of-sight analysis, and determine if it's not in the lineup
because of their error, or because you have a unique setup. If you're
picking up a station that's 200km away, but it turns out that you're
on a mountaintop, and so is the transmitter, then it probably won't
get added, because most people won't be able to get it in your postal
code. If you're 20km away, and it's a new station, then it will
probably be added.

If you're in a fringe zone, where one single antenna is picking up
stations from two different geographical regions, then how are you
handling this situation now? From what I can tell of the code, there's
still a one-to-one relationship between the channels that a particular
piece of hardware can pick up, and the channels in the lineup.

If you're truly in a super-fringe zone, then your account on the new
system can be configured to allow for stationIDs that aren't native to
your postal code so that you can pull down the schedule information
for a stationID that isn't "native" to the lineup that you've
configured in your account.


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