[mythtv-users] Channel number assignment by mythbackend

[Mitko Haralanov]

On Mon, 5 Dec 2005 20:16:14 -0800
Mitko Haralanov <voidtrance at comcast.net> wrote:

> 	I am wondering how mythbackend assigns channel numbers to the
> channels found while doing the full scan on an HD3000:
> 	When I use atscscan, it finds 19 channels all with channel
> numbers corresponding to the channel numbers show by antennaweb.org.
> However, when mythtv-setup is scanning the channels, they are assigned
> (or found with) some odd numbers. For example: 2.1 KTVUHD (Fox) is
> found as channel 21, mythtv-setup find channels in the 3xx and 4xx
> range and I know I don't get channels that high.
> 
> 	This inconsistency between the channel numbers is making
> getting the TV listings very difficult.
> 
> 	I'd appreciate any advice or insight that you might give me?
> Thanks.

Can anyone give me a clue as to why the channels are appearing with
such strange numbers?

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Mitko Haralanov
voidtrance at comcast dot net
http://voidtrance.home.comcast.net
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