[mythtv-users] using the channel program to change channels

[john salch]

Gabe, 

You are going to have to give us more details.  What
cable box?  How are you talking to it, IR or Serial?

John
--- Gabe Rubin <gaberubin at gmail.com> wrote:

> I had my mythbox decommissioned for a while (it is
> using a CVS version
> of .15, it has been a while), and just got it back
> up and running.  In
> the meantime, I have switched from sat to cable, and
> made the
> transitions in the db with no problem.  However, I
> used to use the
> sony.pl script to change the channels, obviously
> this no longer works.
>  I compiled and got the channel program in the
> contrib dir up and
> running, but myth does not seem to want to use it to
> change channels. 
> I am able to isse the command "channel 5" at the
> command prompt and
> can change channels that was as user mythtv, so I
> know the program
> works, the mythbox and the receiver can talk to each
> other and mythtv
> has the right perms to do this.  However, when I put
> channel as the
> externalcommand in the database, I am unable to get
> any channel
> change.  I tried "channel -v" (w/o the quotes
> either) to see if I
> could see any useful information, and I don't.
> 
> Any help would be greatly appreciated, as this is
> the one thing
> holding me back right now.
> 
> Thanks!
> Gabe
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