[mythtv-users] program info displays "unknown" even though guide data exists

Raphael rpooser at gmail.com
Thu Aug 16 01:20:15 UTC 2007


Michael T. Dean wrote:
> On 08/14/2007 09:00 PM, Raphael wrote:
>   
>> Hi all,
>> My program guide started doing odd things today. I only have guide data 
>> for channels <100. Secondly, if I watch a channel below 100 using my 
>> svideo input , the info for the program displays as "unknown" even 
>> though I can go in the program guide and actually view program info for 
>> the current timeslot on that channel. Both points are a little 
>> troublesome because nothing's going to get recorded properly without 
>> guide data.
>>   
>>     
>
> Without going into what could have happened to cause the issue (because
> it would take a lot of typing and is really of no concern and not likely
> to repeat once fixed properly), if the problem is in the Myth
> configuration, the fix is at
> http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/264034#264034 .
>
>   
>> I have two lineups right now: one for analog cable, channels 2-99, and 
>> another for digital cable, channels 1-700 or so. mfdb seems to pull 
>> guide data for the analog cable input, and then go and pull no data for 
>> all 1-700 channels for the second input, not even 1-99....
>> Could Zap2it have just decided to stop providing me with dual lineup 
>> data ahead of the coming shut-down?
>>     
>
> You did sign into your account at labs.zap2it.com and verify your
> lineup, didn't you?
>   

Yes, that was the first thing I did, after forcing mfdb to --refresh-today.
I didn't try deleting and readding my capture cards yet though. I'll 
give that a quick look.
Thanks
Raphael


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