[mythtv-users] Tuning the PVR250MCE

[Tim Tait]

Cotter, Paul M. wrote:

> Arrggghhh...  I am having the most impossible time setting up Myth.  
> I've finally got all my bits working together, but now my main 
> difficulty is the 250MCE - I can't seem to get it to tune correctly to 
> the channels.  As I've mentioned before on the list, I have Comcast 
> Cable in the 60402 area code.  The tunings are not quite standard 
> (us-cable or us-cable-hrc) so I get intermittently crackly audio and 
> occasional freezes.
>  
> (I'm running Knoppmyth R4V4.1, BTW)
>  
> I can't get the ptune.pl or ptune-ui.pl utilities working (says can't 
> find Config/IniFiles.pm), though IIRC that doesn't work with the 
> PVR250MCE - correct?
>  
> Anyone have a good channel table for this provider?  Or any 
> suggestions for good utilities to determine the correct frequencies?
>  
> Paul
>  
> P.S. Maybe it would be a good idea to allow for the fine-tuning of the 
> current channel through the OSD?  Before anyone says "we are happily 
> awaiting the patch" I can't code cpp (yet, though myth encourages me 
> to try), so it was just a feeler to see if anyone out there thinks 
> this is a good/stupid idea.
>
I found for me (Comcast Easter-MA) that the us standard worked the best, 
but channels 5 and 6 were way off. I edited the fine tuning via the Myth 
channel editor menu bt trial and error. Someone also posted a mysql 
script for munging channels a few weeks back. I would *love* fine tuning 
hot-keys in myth when viewing live tv.

Tim