[mythtv-users] Problem with program guide

Wed Oct 10 14:28:20 UTC 2007

Thanks.  I thought the same thing, but when I tried hitting "fetch..." it
didn't seem to do anything.

Scan for channels seems to sequentially work its way through the channels
available to the tuner.  Somehow, those channels are then linked with the
listing data from Schedulesdirect.org (which seems to work, mostly for the
specific show information) in the mysql database so I know that Modern
Marvels "The Colosseum" is on at 8:00pm on Wednesday night.  So how does
that part work, but adding the callsign (i.e. "HISTORY" to channel 42, the
History channel) does not?  Are these two pieces of information handled in
two different places?  That seems strange to me.  I've tried looking for
more information on how this works in Myth, but I haven't had much luck.
Does anyone know where I can find more information on this?  I'm not
programmer, so I doubt I'd be able to read the source code, but this seems
to be one of the key features of MythTV (or at least, a critical function
that the rest of the key features are based on), and I would hope it would
be documented someplace.

So again, I can narrow it down to either a database problem, or a problem
with the source data.

On 10/10/07, Wayne Van Tassel <wvtassel at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I'm no expert, but I think the problem can be fixed by re-running set-up
> on the backend, and when you get to "Input Connections"  choose "fetch
> channels from listing source" instead of "scan for channels"  If you
> scan for channels, every channel will get named "adding channel"
> something or other by default and you'll have to manually edit every
> one.  You might have to delete your video sources first if "fetch"
> doesn't rename everything automatically.
>
> good luck
>
> Josh White wrote:
> > That was just an example.  Every channel "x" has a description "x
> > adding channel" when you look in the channel menu, or in the guide
> > (the left most column).  So the history channel, which is on channel
> > 42 where I live, says "42 adding channel" rather than "42 HISTORY" as
> > it says on the table on schedulesdirect.org
> > <http://schedulesdirect.org>.  I tried to post screen shots, but the
> > moderators have to approve my post since it's larger that 40kb.
> > However, when I record a program, all the relevant information is
> > there, such as the name of the episode, the synopsis, but the channel
> > is still displayed as"x adding channel."
> >
> > I also have a stranger problem.  When I first set my system up and
> > began receiving data form Schedulesdirect.org
> > <http://Schedulesdirect.org>, somewhere in the middle of my lineup the
> > channels fell out of sync.  Somewhere around channel 24 there are a
> > couple of channels that do not belong (that is to say, channel 24 has
> > the correct information, but channel 25 does not, and channel 26 does
> > not.  Channel 27 has the information for channel 25, channel 28 has
> > the information for channel 26...).  I assumed that was do to some
> > irregularity between what I receive from my cable provider and what I
> > should receive, but I never had time to fix it.  I waited a day until
> > I had time, and when I checked again, the data matched exactly, and
> > the "extra" two channels were no longer listed in my guide.  I then
> > figured this was just something that went wrong with a
> > "mythfilldatabase" that was corrected on the next automatic run over
> > night.  Then, last night in an attempt to correct the first problem I
> > mentioned, in poking around on schedules direct, I edited/saved my
> > lineup, and then did another mythfilldatabase.  As of this morning, my
> > listing is off again, but if history repeats itself, all I have to do
> > to fix it is wait till tomorrow.  I don't like that solution.
> >
> > Are these problems unique?  Has anyone else experienced anything
> > similar?  I know of one solution, but it seems like treating the
> > symptoms and not addressing the cause.  I would imagine this is caused
> > either by bad data coming in, or a database problem.  I haven't
> > rearranged anything on schedules direct, and I haven't messed with the
> > database, so I'm not sure where to go next.  Any advice would be
> > appreciated.
> >
> > I've tried searching the wiki, but I have a hard time describing those
> > two problems in a keyword search string.
> >
> > On 10/10/07, *Phil Bridges* <gravityhammer at gmail.com
> > <mailto:gravityhammer at gmail.com>> wrote:
> >
> >     On 10/10/07, Josh White < jaw1959 at gmail.com
> >     <mailto:jaw1959 at gmail.com>> wrote:
> >     > I have a problem where the channel descriptions do not show up
> >     in the
> >     > program guide.  When I look at my channels in the table on
> >     > shedulesdirect.org <http://shedulesdirect.org>, I see "17 TBS"
> >     but the same channel on the "channels"
> >     > screen in myth shows up as "adding channel 17."  The show
> >     description shows
> >     > up correctly when I change channels.  I'm not sure how to fix
> >     this other
> >     > than to manually edit each channel, but that seems like the
> >     wrong solution.
> >     > Any Ideas?
> >     >
> >
> >     If you're in the Atlanta area, remember that WTBS isn't on channel
> 17
> >     anymore - there have been lineup changes.  I'm not sure if SD/TMS
> have
> >     made thoase changes yet, but it may help to check your lineup on the
> >     SD website.
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