[mythtv-users] Got my Firewire tuner back!

[Harry Devine]

Daniel Arfsten wrote:
> While I was looking around the 'Net some more about this, I saw
> some
> posts that queried the database for the channel information.  So
> I
> thought I'd try it and post the results.  I went thru my setup,
> deleted
> all of my channels, unchecked the "Unencrypted Only" option, and
> rescanned.  Now I get alot more channels, but they still have
> names like
> "Unknown17#0", etc.  I ran mythfilldatabase and I do have
> program
> information for some of them in the guide, but they still have
> the wacky
> names and no xmltvid's.
>
> So, I ran the following mysql command: 'SELECT
> chanid,channum,freqid,callsign,xmltvid,tvformat,mplexid,serviceid,atsc_major_chan,atsc_minor_chan
> FROM `channel` WHERE `sourceid` = '1'; , producing the following
> results
> (I'm only showing 1 channel here):
>
> | 2182 | 118#2 | 118 | UNKNOWN118#2 | <blank> | Default | 110 |
> 1 | 0 | 0 |
>
> I can't find any information anywhere that allows me to figure
> out how
> to match up the channel information there to an xmltvid that I
> can get
> from SchedulesDirect (in my lineup).
>
> Can someone shed some light on this for me?
> Harry
>
>
> Well, if you set up sources from SD, than you don't need to do a channel 
> scan. You should be just using "retrieve channels from lineup" or something 
> to that affect within mythtv-setup. that's if you're doing 1 lineup and 
> muliple sources. there's a wiki on it. I do this for my pvr-350 and firewire 
> setup. you just have to make sure you run mythfilldatabase with 
> --remove-new-channels and it should work, it works for me. there's a bug 
> though that doesn't always rertrieve the lineup listing for inputs that 
> don't have tuners which that means can't scan, you have to unassociate the 
> input from the source, then tell it to retrieve lineup which then it will 
> populate the field that says to pick a channel for mythtv to start on. it's 
> hard to explain but the wiki I beleive describes. it's the wiki on cached 
> listings support.
>
>
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I just tried to do what you suggested, but it didn't work.  I actually 
deleted my Video Source and set it up again to point to my only SD 
lineup.  When I click on the "Fetch channels from listings source", 
nothing happens.  The button depresses then comes right back, and the 
Starting Channel still says "Please add channels to this source".  Is 
this what was supposed to happen?  Did I miss something in your suggestion?

Harry