[mythtv-users] EIT data in New York City OTA broadcasts.

[Devin Heitmueller]

On Aug 24, 2015 8:34 PM, "A. F. Cano" <afc at shibaya.lonestar.org> wrote:
>
> Hello everyone,
>
> Before I complain to Nielsen about missing EIT data, can anyone confirm
> that the situation is like I see it here, and not a problem with my
> configuration or reception?

Probably makes more sense to complain to the FCC than Nielson.  There are
specific regs that require OTA channels to carry a minimum amount of PSIP
data (I cannot recall the reg off the top of my head, but I think it's 12
hours).

That said 12 hours is not really good enough to schedule recordings in
advance, which is why Mythtv users typically still rely on Schedules Direct
even for OTA.

Devin

> I get 72 channels total.  Most have good (*) EIT data for varying periods.
>
> These are the channels that have problematic EIT data:
>
> 24.x    No data at all, ever.  Since I've been using Myth, I've never
>         seen EIT data on any of these channels.  Am I correct to assume
>         that they just don't transmit it? or should I tweak some item in
>         my setup?  I receive them just fine.
>
> 25.3    (CUNY TV) Very sporadic.  Right now there is no EIT data, even
>         though 25.1 and 25.2 do.  This makes it likely that they're not
>         transmitting it.  It's likely not my reception.
>
> 34.x    No data at all.  I don't think I've ever seen any.  I receive
>         34.1 and 34.2 just fine, 34.3 pops up a window that says "Could
>         not read first 2048 bytes" and fails.
>
> 45.x    No data at all.  I can receive them just fine, but no data,
>         presumably because they're shopping channels.  Correct?
>
> 48.x    No data at all, and when I try to watch it live I get this
>         error: "Error opening jump program file buffer".  Does anyone
>         know why this happens? Had to power-cycle the tuner to get rid
>         of this error.  I get no reception of these channels at this
>         time (only TL lock myth says), so it's likely that poor data
>         messed up the tuner or the driver.
>
> 50.1    I've seen EIT data a long time ago, but nothing since.  I wonder
>         if this is a problem with my setup or some corruption in the
>         database.  Can someone confirm that 50.1 has EIT data?  I
>         receive the channel just fine.
>
> 51,x    These channels all show TBA, so they're transmitting EIT data,
>         but it's useless.
>
> 63.1    Sporadic.
>         63.2,3,4: never.
>         63.5,6,7: ok.
>         So, I presume that EIT data is not transmitted on the
>         sub-channels where I don't get it.
>
> Can someone confirm my findings?
>
> * When I say "good" eit data, I mean in the sense that I get data, as
> opposed to none.  All EIT data has the seemingly random issue that was
> being discussed in a thread earlier today about the program contents
> being mismatched to the actual show.  This issue apparently affects data
> received by Schedules Direct too.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Augustine
>
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