[mythtv-users] TBS2603 HDMI to Ethernet Questions (IPTV) [SOLVED]

[Gerald Brandt]

On 2018-12-12 9:05 a.m., Gerald Brandt wrote:
>
> On 2018-12-12 8:16 a.m., Gerald Brandt wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have a TBS2603, and it seems to be working fine, generating video 
>> with good quality.
>>
>> The mythtv IPTV encoder page has scripts for using the encoder with 
>> mythtv, but those scripts look fairly complex. They power up and down 
>> the cable box, etc. I have a (partially) working system by having 
>> only a start recording script that does nothing more than change the 
>> channel using 6200ch. Am I missing something? Should it be more 
>> complex than what I have in place?
>>
>> I did need a lock file in the start recording script, since mythtv 28 
>> seemed to call the script twice, which messed up with channel changing.
>>
>> The problem I am having is with LiveTV. I use Kodi for my frontends, 
>> and it gets a channel unavailable a lot with the TBS2603, but not 
>> with my HDPVR. Can anyone imagine a reason for this? I'll be testing 
>> the mythfrontend today.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Gerald
>>
>>
>
> Just upgraded to 29.1, and channel changing/livetv all works 
> fantastic. BUT...
>
>
> If I go to channel 227, my script gets sent channel 888, which is 
> non-existant. What is going on? I pass %CHANID% into the script. It 
> looks like %CHANID% is not the actual channel number to change to.
>
>
> Gerald


Solved. My channel change script does a mysql query:

Channel=`mysql -umythtv -ppassword -s -N -e "SELECT channum from 
mythconverg.channel WHERE chanid='$ChanID';"`