[mythtv-users] DVB MythTV channel scan issue

stefan_jones at comcast.net stefan_jones at comcast.net
Fri Jul 3 06:17:39 UTC 2009


----- "Kelly Reed Schuerman" <krschuerman at gmail.com> wrote: 
> From: "Kelly Reed Schuerman" <krschuerman at gmail.com> 
> To: "Discussion about mythtv" <mythtv-users at mythtv.org> 
> Sent: Thursday, July 2, 2009 10:51:24 PM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific 
> Subject: [mythtv-users] DVB MythTV channel scan issue 
> 
> I have a Pinnacle pcHDTV 800i amd I am having trouble finding the channels and adding them to MythTV. 
> 
> I have 1 working channel and it looks good. The problem seems to be with the scanner built into mythtv-setup. 
> 
> I see the following in the log scrolling on the screen. 
> 
> Updating 1008-0 as 10080 on QAM-256 Channel 110 (110) 
> Updating 1008-0 as 10080 on QAM-256 Channel 110 (110) 
> Timeout... 
> Skipping... 
> Skipping... 
> Updating 1008-0 as 10080 on QAM-256 Channel 112 (112) 
> 
> It appears that whenever a working channel is found it overwrites the previous found channel. In the end I have 1 working channel. 
> 
> Any ideas? 

Well, there is an "exiting channels" policy, where you can select delete, minimal updates, etc. But I don't think that is the problem here. 

What sort of scan are you doing? What options? Are you specifying a seperator (-,_, etcetera)? 

I suggest getting an outside authority to guide your scanning. Go to this site: 

http://www.silicondust.com/hdhomerun/channels_us 

And enter your zip code. It will show, for each of the providers in your area, what channels have been found by an HDHR scanner. You should find all of those channels. I found that NOT skipping encoded channels, and including audio channels, picks up more usable channels than otherwise. 

If the internal scanner isn't doing it for you, try the technique described on this MythTV wiki page: 

http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Adding_Digital_Cable_Channels_(For_ATSC/QAM_Tuner_Cards_--_USA/Canada) 

The end result will be a channels.conf file. You specify channels.conf when you do the scan. It does a scan, but matches what it finds with the file. 
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