<div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Dec 27, 2011 at 12:13 PM, lists.md301 <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:lists.md301@gmail.com">lists.md301@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
Since I only recently noticed that my local Comcast system added BBC America HD, I recently updated my myth system (0.23-fixes) to record this year's Doctor Who Christmas special on the 25th. Comcast has chosen to add some of these new channels above 1000, so for me BBCAHD is 1225. For whatever reason, I never tested things after updating my SchedulesDirect lineup, so I was surprised to see, when I checked, it was recording TLC (channel 225). I wasn't terribly surprised to see that my version of myth doesn't handle 4 digit channel numbers correctly. Nothing obviously broken from the backend log, just appears to be the communication to the STB.<br>
<br>Now I remember reading something about 4-digit channel changes a while back, and I searched the gossamer list archive as well as a could (and also the trouble tickets), but I couldn't find anything definitive about this. I saw that there was a ticket about a Verizon QIP-6200, where part of the solution was using the external channel change route (which was modified to accomodate 4 digits). I'm curious about the state of the art for what's current (24-fixes), as I'm in the process of upgrading so I can start using my HDHR-Prime. This will make the STB channel mostly a non-issue, but I may still leave it hooked up for some live-tv sitautions, since it's co-located with the master front/backend. (I'm assuming the communication to the Prime handles 4-digit channels, but haven't yet had chance to test that.)<br>
<br>Are 4-digit channels no longer a problem, or should I look to patch my setup after I upgrade to 0.24?<br>
</blockquote></div><br>Don't normally like to bump my own messages, and my procrastination on follow-up has made it obviously too late for 0.25, but has anyone dealt with the issue of 4-digit channel changes for HD HomeRun Prime tuning? I have upgraded to 0.24.2 since my last message, but it still doesn't work for me.<br>
<br>Searching the mailing list archive, I've only found a couple of mentions about it, but all related to Firewire channel changing:<br><br><a href="http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/dev/460218">http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/dev/460218</a><br>
<br>I've perused the commit listings and tickets, but haven't seen anything specific to Prime tuning. I know the number of Prime users is small, but I have a hard time believing there isn't at least one of other HDHR Prime+Comcast customer who has 4-digit channels. (Note that as far as I know, I do not yet have SDV, so no tuning resolver is involved.) It's simply a matter of only the last 3 digits getting sent to the Prime, so I end up (in the case of BBC America HD), on channel 225 instead of 1225.<br>
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