[mythtv] Database question/problem

GrandMasterLee mythtv-dev@snowman.net
10 Oct 2002 11:15:39 -0500


On Thu, 2002-10-10 at 10:16, johns@dvt-inc.com wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I finally got the latest CVS (tarball from 10/10) to compile and run, but 
> I run into a couple of problems which I believe are related to the 
> database.
> 
> 1) I cannot change channels.  This appears to be a classic database 
> problem.  Pause live TV works, mythepg works with the correct channel 
> names and program schedule.
> 
> 2) When I schedule a recording the wrong channel is recorded.  Actually it 
> appears to always be one less than the channel I would like to record. For 
> example if I want to record channel 12 then it records channel 11.

I've found that the channel index starts at 0, also, if a channel scan
is performed, it can also skew the numbers, since not all channels are
accounted for. Just my 0.02.


> I recreated the database then reran setup and mythfilldatabase with no 
> errors.  The records for program, channel and single*record looked OK 
> (chanid matched, channel number was correct, etc.). 

Did this start happenening after using Mythtv for a while, or was it all
of a sudden?

> Any suggestions?
> 
> John
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