[mythtv-users] No Channels in Program Guide

[Michael T. Dean]

On 06/24/2007 11:13 PM, Paul Swagerty wrote:
> I am getting an odd (at least to me) error. The program guide is
> telling me (via the log) that there are no channels in the program
> guide. Yet, when I look inside the database, the channel table has
> channels in it. mythtv-setup knows all about the channels. I
> downloaded the program schedule from DataDirect and ran
> mythfilldatabase. It updated the database and everything. In fact, I
> can go into and search for various programs and it finds the time and
> everything. But from the program guide I can't see anything.

http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/264034#264034

> One odd thing to note about my setup is that I do not have a capture
> card. The data that I have downloaded is for a station that does both
> Satellite broadcasting and Internet broadcasting simultaneously. I
> would also like to setup manual channels for recording home movies. 

Oh, actually that's the problem.  Myth shows you what channels are
available to Myth.  If Myth can't record anything, you have no
channels--regardless of what's in the DB.

Sounds like you need to use FreeGuide or something else similar,
instead.  ( http://freeguide-tv.sourceforge.net/ )

Mike