[mythtv-users] External Channel Change Question? - WAS Re: CentOS and MythTV

[Brian Wood]

On Feb 12, 2006, at 7:02 PM, Kenneth Hadley wrote:

> Appears I spoke too soon about have no further problems.
>
> I use a MyBlaster to control my external Samsung DirecTV receiver and
> with my previous box this worked fine using the MyBlaster.pl script.
>
> This time...not working so well.
>
> I have the script located in /usr/local/bin/ and typed into the input
> field of "mythtvsetup=>input connections=>/dev/video0/=>External  
> channel
> change command" the script path/filename (/usr/local/bin/MyBlaster.pl)
> but when I record programs the channel never changes and when watching
> the MyBlaster transmitter when the recording starts and it should be
> blinking, it does not.
>
> Manually typing at the CLI
> [mythtv at pvr01 ~]$ /usr/local/bin/MyBlaster.pl 298
> Does change the channel.
>
> Anyone have any thoughts?
>
> Thanks!

Probably the most common problem with scripts is that they have be  
both readable and executable in order to work. Just a simple thing to  
check.