[mythtv-users] zap2it and qam

[Steven Ihde]

On Monday 01 May 2006 19:36, Michael T. Dean wrote:
> On 05/01/2006 04:08 PM, R. G. Newbury wrote:
> >Michael T. Dean wrote:
[...]
> >>Daniel recently committed some code to SVN head that will automatically
> >>remove channels that are not in Myth's database from DataDirect lineups
> >>for digital sources.  (He has since committed a patch that allows the
> >>user to specify this should occur for analog sources, too.)  So,
> >>basically, AIUI, you should follow the instructions for QAM channel
> >>scanning that Daniel posted in his commit message...
> >>http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/commits/195265#195265
> >
> >Ah, wish I had known that yesterday! I read the dev archive but not, I
> >admit, all of the commits..
>
[...]
> >That needs to be expanded and put into the wiki. It is a little sparse
> >in detail. It is entirely backwards to the myth-docs. You now START with
> >a scan and then that pushes back into your datadirect downloads.
>
> Well, when you update the wiki ;), make sure you specify that it's
> post-0.19 SVN head (not 0.19-fixes SVN) so that 0.19 users (and, later,
> 0.20 users--if Daniel changes things as he's finishing up the QAM
> channel-scanning work) don't get confused.

I got this to work in 0.19 by running mythfilldatabase, and then a "scan" to 
import channels.conf.

Now we need to start with a scan -- but will a channels.conf import work here, 
or only a Myth scan?  Myth scans don't work at all for me because Comcast 
strips out all the data that Myth is looking for (the PSIP data?) so a Myth 
QAM scan produces no channels.  I also noticed that Import Channels.conf has 
been disabled in SVN head -- I reenabled it but I'm a little concerned that 
those in my situation are not going to be able to get this to work at all.  
I'll give it a try when I get home tonight but just curious if anybody knows 
more about this.

-Steve