[mythtv-users] Help: No program info for QAM256 channels

zoiks2004-ivtv at yahoo.com zoiks2004-ivtv at yahoo.com
Sat May 24 22:03:34 UTC 2008


I'm trying to use an HDHomeRun in Costa Mesa, CA. My
service is Time Warner Cable and it has a bunch of
QAM256 channels.

When tuned, the channels show up as 79#1, 79#2, 80#15,
and the like, but are all labeled as UNKNOWN. I can't
get any program information on them nor can I get the
channel names, etc.

Schedules Direct gives me 3 lineup possibilities for
Costa Mesa:

92627	COSTA MESA, US	Local Broadcast Listings -
Antenna	LocalBroadcast	Edit	Report	Delete
92627	Costa Mesa, US	Time Warner Cable	Cable	Edit
Report	Delete
92627	Costa Mesa, US	Time Warner Cable - Digital
CableDigital	Edit	Report	Delete

I've tried all 3 - and it never associates the
channels. (If I use "digital cable" it sort of does,
but assigns like 10-15 channels as all "Galavision".)

Silicon Dust gives me, for "Digital Antenna":
Digital Antenna
Type	Channel	Program	Call Sign	Resolution	Aspect
8vsb	23	3	KTBNDT	704x480i
	4:3
	
8vsb	23	4	KTBNDT2	704x480i
	4:3
	
8vsb	23	5	KTBNDT3	704x480i
	4:3

[... and the like ...]

and for "Digital Cable"
Digital Cable (unencrypted)
Type	Channel	Program	Call Sign	Resolution	Aspect
qam256	54	204	KTLADT	1920x1080i
	16:9
	
qam256	54	205	KCALDT	1920x1080i
	16:9
	
qam256	74	405	KOCEDT	1920x1080i
	16:9
	
qam256	79	1	KABCDT	528x480i
	4:3
	
qam256	79	2	AZTECA	528x480i
	4:3

[... and the like ...]


I notice the numbering that Silicon Dust gives for my
QAM channels seems at least roughly correct, but none
of the lineups given by Schedules Direct seems to
match correctly.

The instructions on this page

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/HDHomeRun

indicates that it will pull program info from the
"Digital Antenna" lineup on SchedulesDirect. It says:

"Note that MythTV uses the ATSC channel numbering as
specified in the transport stream, not the remapped
cable channel numbering so you will need to select
OTA/Antenna as the source in Zap2it."

Well, I tried using "Digital Antenna" and still all
channels came up as UNKNOWN, and no program data was
provided.

How do I get the correct program information
associated with the QAM-tuned channels? Thanks!



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