mythtv - 0.20.20060828-4 OS - FC3<br>kernel - <a href="http://2.6.18.6">2.6.18.6</a> HDHomerun firmware - 20070716<br><br>I currently use analog TV for my viewing pleasure. In my area, the cost for Digital TV is just too expensive, so I have no cable box in my setup. I split my analog coax line for the mythbox, and the TV. A few months ago, Time Warner released some un-encrypted HD channels in my area. So I borrowed an HDHomerun box from a friend to see if it could access any of these un-encrypted qam channels. Using the HDHomerun_config and VLC, I was able to view about 5 local broadcasting channels in HD (woohoo).
<br><br>So, I am followed the ubuntu HDhomerun instructions to integrate the homerun box with mythtv. The steps were easy to follow, and I encountered no problems, until after the channel scanning was complete. I noticed that several channels that were supposed to be listed, were not listed at all.
<br><br>So, using the homerun_config and VLC, I manually scanned, and recorded all of the available channels. Here are a few examples:<br><br>Channel 88 - 1: 1.1 E1_1 WG -> NBC<br>Channel 88 - 2: 1.2 E1_2 WI -> CBS
<br><br>Channel 89 - 1: 1.1 E2_1 WN -> WNED<br>Channel 89 - 3: 1.3 E2_3 WK -> ABC<br><br>I ran the mythtv channel scan again, but this time paid close attention to the output. Here is what is happening:<br><br>
Channel 88 - E1_2 WI 1-2 - Added as 1.2 (this is CBS)<br>Channel 88 - E1_1 WG 1-1 - Added as 1.1 (this is NBC)<br><br>Channel 89 - E2_3 WK 1-3 - Added as 1.3 (this is ABC)<br>Channel 89 - E2_1 WN 1-1 - Updated as 1.1
(This is WNED)<br><br>I'm not exactly sure what's going on here, but it seems that when myth scanned channel 89 1-1, it matched it with channel 88 1-1, and updated the channel data to point to channel 89 instead of created a new channel id.
<br><br>I've seen in the mailing list that some people are creating their own channels by modifying the database directly. I'm not opposed to this since I only need to create 5 entries for the valid channels I want, but I don't know how to do it. So, any help with either fixing the channel scanning problem, or manually adding the channels to the database would be extremely helpful.
<br><br>-- <br>-Rob<br><br>Ben Franklin Quote: "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."