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

[Don Carroll]

just a FYI , you should look at setting a .my.cnf file for your password 
for mysql

On 12/12/18 9:30 AM, Gerald Brandt wrote:
>
> 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';"`
>
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