[mythtv-users] No Guide data from EIT on SOME channels

[Jonno]

On Jan 11, 2008 9:13 AM, Jonno <jonnojohnson at gmail.com> wrote:
> I am using EIT data for my program guide and I can only see program
> information for 3 of the 6 channels I receive.
>
> I saw this Tip in the EIT wiki:
> Tip: In the U.S. some digital stations may not appear in the program
> guide even though they are broadcasting program information. This may
> be due to a "hidden guide" bit that is transmitted by the stations. To
> see if this is the case run mythbackend with the --verbose
> important,general,eit option. After some time passes check the output
> or check /var/log/mythtv/mythbackend.log for "is hidden in guide"
> output. One way to get the data to be included in the EPG is to "hack"
> the atscstreamdata.cpp file in libmythtv/mpeg/. Delete the code below
> from atscstreamdata.cpp and then reinstall mythtv from source.
>
> So before I go hacking anything, what exactly does "reinstall mythtv
> from source" mean? I installed Mythbuntu from a LiveCD.
>
Ok I went into the Channel Editor in Mythtv-Setup and found that the
channels with no guide data from EIT did NOT have the box checked to
"Use On-Air Guide", (I had never gone into the channel editor during
initial install). So I went through and enabled this for all channels.
I also changed the Channel Names to something more intuitive like NBC.
I then exited mythtv-setup and ran mythfilldatabase when prompted. I
then went back to Watch Live TV and took a look at the guide but still
no program info for those channels! What is interesting is that the
channel names have also not changed to what I typed (either in the
Guide or the OSD).

Something did not carry through from mythtv-setup to the frontend as I
expected. Any ideas?

I also tried restarting the backend with the options described above
and took a look at the backend but there is no mention of "hidden" in
the log. There are lines like this for 2 of the 3 channels where I do
get guide info:
2008-01-11 09:59:02.889 EITScanner: Now looking for EIT data on
multiplex of channel 54_1

Cheers,

Jonno.