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

[Phil Bridges]

On Sun, May 25, 2008 at 8:10 PM, kim Gross <kgross at jensalt.com> wrote:
>
>>     XMLTV ID  Loading...
>> OK so now I enter the number 19515 in the "XMLTV ID"
>> field. I then choose "OK". Doesn't seem to do
>> anything. From the advice on the wiki, I will "wait a
>> minute" to let it refresh its data. After 10 minutes,
>> OSD programming information still says "UNKNOWN62#4"
>> program is "Unknown". For shoots and giggles, exit
>> Live TV and choose "Watch TV" again. Still the same:
>> Channel: "UNKNOWN62#4" Program: "Unknown". I hit the
>> "e" button again. XMLTV ID is still 19515, other data
>> is unchanged from "Unknown", etc. This time I select
>> "Probe". I wait a few minutes, suffering through "John
>> Beck's" get rich buying government foreclosures BS. I
>> wait several more minutes. Nothing ever changes.
>> 20) I exit LiveTV and mythfrontend. I run
>> mythfilldatabase again. After it's done, I run
>> mythfrontend again. Still shows "UNKNOWN62#4" with
>> program: Unknown.
>> 21) Quit mythtv and reboot machine.
>> 22) Run mythtv-setup.
>> 23) Go to channel editor, sort by channel number. 62#4
>> is the first channel listed. Shows as "62#4.
>> Loading... (QAM256 over TWC)"
>> 24) Select 62#4 for editing. Channel name is
>> "Loading...". Channel number is 62#4. Callsign is
>> "UNKNOWN62#4". Visible checked. Source: QAM256 over
>> TWC. TV Format Default, Priortiy 0. "Use on-air
>> guide:" is unchecked, 19515 shows in the ID box. Hit
>> "Next" twice. Frequency or channel shows 62. Finetune
>> (kHz): 0.
>> 25) Examining the other channels in the Channel
>> Editor:
>>
>>
>>
>
> On my system it took quit a while before it changed from unknown to a
> correct channel info.  I think it waited until the next time
> mythfilldatabase was run.
>
> What I would suggest is just keep going at this and get all of the
> xmltvid's set and then run mythfilldatabase again, and see if it starts
> working correctly.
>

... or try mythfilldatabase --refresh-today