[mythtv-users] ATSC channel scan broken in mythtvsetup?

[Jake Palmer]

>From: William Munson <william_munson at bellsouth.net>
>Reply-To: Discussion about mythtv <mythtv-users at mythtv.org>
>To: Discussion about mythtv <mythtv-users at mythtv.org>
>Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] ATSC channel scan broken in mythtvsetup?
>Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2007 13:56:14 -0400
>
>Gregg wrote:
> > I scanned for OTA HDTV channels in mythtvsetup and it picks up all the
> > channels, but If I go to watch them after mythfilldatabase I get the
> > "no channel lock press ok" error.  I discovered that if I manually
> > create the channel and add the frequency id to the second page in the
> > creation process it works. I tried to add the frequency id to an
> > existing channel through the web interface, but that did not work.
> > Is the channel scanning broken in mythtvsetup?
> > Is there a way to add the appropriate data to the channel table
> > through an update statement without having to recreate the channels
> > manually?
> >
> > -Gregg
> >
> >
>I am afraid I am the bearer of bad news. Channel scanning is broken.
>Manual entry is the way to go. Be sure to check that the dtv_transport
>table has the correct frequency and that the channels table has the
>correct dtv_transport number and data stream number listed in the
>record. To make sure that you can get update info from your listing
>provider make sure the xmltvid number and callsign exactly match that
>given in the listings.
>

When did it break?  I did a scan for QAM channels just a couple weeks ago 
using SVN head and it worked fine.

Jake

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