[mythtv-users] MythTV and DTV
Scott Gilmore
georider at gmail.com
Fri Aug 21 13:41:23 UTC 2009
On Thursday 20 August 2009 19:10:50 Michael T. Dean wrote:
> On 08/20/2009 11:37 PM, Scott Gilmore wrote:
> > On Thursday 20 August 2009 13:23:03 Michael T. Dean wrote:
> >> On 08/20/2009 06:17 PM, Scott Gilmore wrote:
> >>> I've been working most of the day trying to get MythTV, schedules
> >>> direct, and LIRC running properly.
> >>>
> >>> Issues I have encountered are:
> >>>
> >>> LIRC did not have my remote so I created one for the Magnavox TB110MW9
> >>> DTV Converter and I am able to use irsend to send commands to the box
> >>> successfully. I also have put into place change_channel_lirc.pl,
> >>> corrected a few issues like changing "ok" in lircd.conf.na386 to
> >>> "select" and the perl script seems to be working fine. But, when I type
> >>> in the number on my keyboard such as 13.2 to change to that channel,
> >>> nothing happens . . . . is this a MythTV issue? I don't think it's even
> >>> hitting the change channel script . . .
> >>>
> >>> Schedules Direct seems to have the right info on their site but when
> >>> mythtv guide pops up, the channels are different . . . . maybe I did
> >>> something wrong during setup?
> >>>
> >>> Has anyone else experienced anything like this? Maybe point me to some
> >>> docs that explain why this is happening?
> >>
> >> I'm assuming--since you're using a DTV converter box--that you're using
> >> an analog capture device (like a PVR-x50/500 or whatever). If so, did
> >> you add the channels correctly--using "Fetch channels from listings
> >> source" versus scanning? (See
> >> http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/264034#264034 .)
> >>
> >> Once you do, you'll need to use the MythTV channel numbers--even if they
> >> differ from the ones you're used to using with the DTV box--or edit the
> >> channel numbers in MythTV (using the mythtv-setup or MythWeb channel
> >> editors) to whatever values you want to use.
> >
> > Thank you for responding.
> >
> > Yes, it's a PVR-150. To me it seems there is a compatibility issue with
> > DTV channels . . . . but I'm too new at this to be sure.
> >
> > It appears when I fetch the channels mythtv ignores EVERYTHING with a
> > hyphen.
>
> Yes. Myth will not add digital channels to an analog source unless you
> specifically tell it to.
>
> > So, channels are not added and program guide is not updated. Trying this
> > manually has so far succeeded. For example, I add channel
> > 4.1 and 4.2 setting this as the Channel Number in mythtv-setup and as the
> > channel frequency. This allows the DB to be populated with the
> > programming for those channels. Is anyone else having this issue? Is it
> > just because I have an analog card and using a DTV Converter?
> >
> > I have not scanned the channels as I didn't believe that would provide
> > accurate channels since I don't believe it would change the STB channel
> > when scanning.
> >
> > running change-channel-lirc.pl from the command line works without issue.
> >
> > Fetching channels brings ONLY: 17, 30, 31, 50, 51, 65
> >
> > Manually adding the channels seems to bring the info down from Schedules
> > Direct but why would mythtv not parse the channels provided correctly?
>
> Since you're using a digital lineup, you'll need to, instead of using
> the "Fetch channels from listings source" button in mythtv-setup, go to
> the command-prompt and run:
>
> mythfilldatabase --only-update-channels --do-channel-updates \
> --do-not-filter-new-channels
>
> Before doing this, you should do the video sources portion of the
> cleanup mentioned in the post I linked above to get rid of the
> "incomplete" data you have.
>
> > Schedules Direct shows these for my area:
> >
> > Channel XMLid Call Sign Name
> > 4-1 35595 WTTVDT WTTVDT (WTTV-DT)
> > 4-2 50839 WTTVDT2 WTTVDT2 (WTTV-DT2)
> > 6-1 21102 WRTVDT WRTVDT (WRTV-DT)
> > 6-2 48923 WRTVDT2 WRTVDT2 (WRTV-DT2)
> > 8-1 19592 WISHDT WISHDT (WISH-DT)
> > 8-2 25526 WISHDT2 WISHDT2 (WISH-DT2)
> > 8-3 25527 WISHDT3 WISHDT3 (WISH-DT3)
> > 13-1 19593 WTHRDT WTHRDT (WTHR-DT)
> > 13-2 30411 WTHRDT2 WTHRDT2 (WTHR-DT2)
> > 13-3 62985 WTHRDT3 WTHRDT3 (WTHR-DT3)
> > 17 32545 WIIHCA WIIH-CA
> > 18-1 32717 WLFIDT WLFIDT (WLFI-DT)
> > 18-2 55563 WLFIDT2 WLFIDT2 (WLFI-DT2)
> > 20-1 33787 WFYIDT WFYIDT (WFYI-DT)
> > 20-2 33788 WFYIDT2 WFYIDT2 (WFYI-DT2)
> > 20-3 44032 WFYIDT3 WFYIDT3 (WFYI-DT3)
> > 23-1 34626 WNDYDT WNDYDT (WNDY-DT)
> > 29-1 36147 WTTKDT WTTKDT (WTTK-DT)
> > 29-2 50841 WTTKDT2 WTTKDT2 (WTTK-DT2)
> > 30 11879 WTIU WTIU
> > 31 33072 WKOGLP WKOGLP
> > 40-1 32586 WHMBDT WHMBDT (WHMB-DT)
> > 40-2 56788 WHMBDT2 WHMBDT2 (WHMB-DT2)
> > 42-1 43663 WCLJDT WCLJDT (WCLJ-DT)
> > 42-2 62259 WCLJDT2 WCLJDT2 (WCLJ-DT2)
> > 42-3 62260 WCLJDT3 WCLJDT3 (WCLJ-DT3)
> > 42-4 62261 WCLJDT4 WCLJDT4 (WCLJ-DT4)
> > 42-5 62262 WCLJDT5 WCLJDT5 (WCLJ-DT5)
> > 50 12714 WALVCA SkyTrak Weather Network
> > 51 33063 WIPXLP WIPXLP
> > 59-1 21229 WXINDT WXINDT (WXIN-DT)
> > 63-1 43693 WIPXDT WIPXDT (WIPX-DT)
> > 63-2 43873 WIPXDT2 WIPXDT2 (WIPX-DT2)
> > 63-3 43875 WIPXDT3 WIPXDT3 (WIPX-DT3)
> > 63-4 43877 WIPXDT4 WIPXDT4 (WIPX-DT4)
> > 65 14820 WDNILP WDNILP
> > 69-1 61711 WDTIDT WDTIDT (WDTI-DT)
> >
> >
> > I'm much too lazy to manually add these so I am working on a script to
> > add them to the DB.
>
> No need. Use the above.
>
> Mike
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Mike,
Thank you. That did the trick and I didn't even have to script it.
I'll tuck this away for a rainy day. Hopefully I will have a digital card the
next time an install comes up and won't need it.
Best regards,
Scott
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