[mythtv-users] Adding a channel that is not show in Zap2It listings

[Alan Snyder]

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> 
> I have posted this question once before and didn't get a 
> response, so I am trying again and hopefully it is more 
> understandable this time.
> 
> I do not have cable or sattelite, so I only receive local 
> broadcasts. Here in Eugene, Oregon, we receive MTV 2 on UHF 
> channel 51. Zap2It does not list this channel in the local 
> broadcast listings for Eugene. I have contacted them about 
> this several times and they have not yet added it. I have 
> sucessfully added UHF 51 as a channel in MythTV, so I can 
> tune to MTV 2, but I cannot get the program listings loaded 
> for this channel.
> 
> MTV 2 is listed in the Comcast Digital cable listings as 
> cable channel 135. I want to know if I can force the program 
> data for cable channel 135 to be assigned to, and shown as 
> the program data for, UHF channel 51. If so, how do I do it?
> 
Just a wild guess - You might be able to edit the frequency 
tables in the sources and insert the proper frequency for channel
51 into the slot for channel 135.  I don't recall the name
of the source file but you could grep for likely words like HRC,
us-cable, etc.