[mythtv-users] couple questions about .21

[Michael T. Dean]

On 03/14/2008 07:34 PM, Mark Murray wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 14, 2008 at 6:20 PM, Brad DerManouelian wrote:
>> On Mar 14, 2008, at 3:17 PM, steve wrote:
>>> two questions.  One, using myth .21, and a couple other versions ive
>>> tried, when you scan for channels why in gods name does it put "Adding
>>> Channel" in front of the actual channel #?  And how can I stop it from
>>> doing so?  its quite annoying to have to edit every channel.
>>>       
>> Bug? god has nothing to do with it, I'm sure of that.
>>     

Pretty sure that's not a bug, but a /very/ noticeable value that tells 
the user "I (the channel scanner) didn't have enough information to set 
a good value for your channel number, so I'm putting this ugly value in 
place to encourage you to fix it."  (And, the OP noticed it, so, see, it 
works.)

>>> two.  On myth .21 the new scan for icon feature, great idea by the
>>> way.
>>> ~ how ,and, does it work yet?  I scanned for "all icons" it said it
>>> found
>>> 60 something icons, but when you go back to the channel setup, next to
>>> "icon" it says "none" for every channel. also none show up under guide
>>> or when changing channels.
>>>       
>> Because of the above bug?

er, misconfiguration.  :)

>>  It works if your channel names aren't
>> screwed up.
> A friend of mine had the same problem a good while ago.  I think the mistake
> here is that if this is a catv tuner you don't want to hit the 'scan for
> channels' button in setup.  Just make sure you have a 'source' already
> setup, then hit the 'fetch channels from  listing source' button.  Then, run
> mythfilldatabase and hopefully the proper channel descriptions will populate
> themselves.  You may want to delete your tuner card first, the re-add it to
> start from scratch to make sure.  Good luck!

This is definitely correct.  If you're using an analog capture card, 
(where there is generally no channel name information available), you'll 
get garbage.  If you're using a grabber that provides sufficient 
information about the channel (including channel number)--a grabber such 
as the Schedules Direct grabber--you should /not/ use scan for channels, 
but should use "Fetch channels from listings source."

OP, please see 
http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/264034#264034 for 
instructions on how to fix your configuration.

Mike