[mythtv-users] Vintage TV - a UK Freeivew/Data Channel and MythTV

[Martin Moores]

On 5 January 2015 at 10:40, Charlie Myth <charliemyth at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello there
>
> I have been trying to access Vintage TV on MythTV via Freeview with no
> success; Vintage TV is available in the UK as Freeview channel 242 (amongst
> other mechanisms), but requires Freeview HD (which I have via a (usb) PCTV
> nanoStick T2 290e) and a data connection as it is a streamed channel?. Some
> set top boxes and TVs are compatible others are not (
> http://www.vintage.tv/news/26/).
>
> Myth knows about channel 242, but I just get a blank screen when I attempt
> to watch it (I can provide further details like logs and MythTV versions
> (0.27) when I am not at work). Before delving into the detail of logs etc,
> however, I would like to ask if the fact that Vintage TV is a streaming
> service mean that it is simply not going to work with MythTV or am I just
> missing something obvious.
>
> Thanks
>
> C
>
>
Charlie,

Same for me when trying to view the channel, as you said, because this is a
data channel.

I don't know how/if myth handles this kind of channel, but guessing that it
is not compatible currently.

Martin
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