[mythtv-users] Lost Scheduled Recordings after channel lineup change

Michael T. Dean mtdean at thirdcontact.com
Sun Nov 20 00:14:56 EST 2005


catfish wrote:

> (pvr350, fc4, usa, zap2it)
> Since tring to update my channel lineup my Scheduled Recordings is 
> gone, can't change channels in live tv, and doesn't record my programs.
>
> History:
> Recently my cable company has changed my channel lineup (they moved 
> SpikeTV to another channel number, missing my StarTrek!). After 
> realizing the change I verified that zap2it is aware of the changes 
> and did a few mythfilldatabase's and noticed no change. After some 
> searching online I figured to run mythtv-setup and delete my channel 
> config and reenter my information. The channel lineup is now correct.
>
> But after this I noted that it was no longer records programs. I was 
> unable to change the channel when watching tv live (OSD reports no 
> channel info). Looking at Upcoming Recordings reports nothing 
> scheduled. I look at mythweb and Recording Schedules contains all my 
> programs but Scheduled Recordings is blank. Clicking a Schedule shows 
> the correct options and if I hit "Find showings of this program" the 
> listing is good but clicking any of these reports no schedule for them 
> when I would expect to see the Daily record option.
>
> I assume the database is screwed up but I don't know the database 
> schema to figure out where the issue is at. I did setup phpmyadmin and 
> know enough sql if anyone wants me to check anything. Any thoughts?
>
> I've also tried running mythbackend --resched which doesn't seem to 
> help. I'm also not sure what this actually does, unable to find this 
> in the docs and mythbackend doesn't have a man page.
>
> Was there a correct way to make this channel lineup update to not have 
> this issue?

Sounds like your video source is not associated with any inputs.  Re-run 
mythtv-setup and check your sources, capture cards, and inputs.

Mike


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