[mythtv-users] Tuning to DVB channel without transmisson

[Dag Nygren]

måndag 29 juni 2009 20:25:43 skrev  Ian Barton:
> Nick Morrott wrote:
> > On 29/06/2009, Dag Nygren <dag at newtech.fi> wrote:
> >> Hi there
> >>
> >>  Our MythTV (0.21-fixes) seems to freeze with a black screen when trying
> >> to tune to a DVB channel wothout transmission.
> >>
> >>  This happens regularly here as we have childrens channels that stop
> >>  transmitting at 18:00 and starts again in the morning. If the last
> >> channel my children watched was one of these and I continue watching
> >> later in the evening I am had.
> >>
> >>  The only way I have been able to get out of this is editing the
> >> mythconverg database by hand.
> >>
> >>  Is there any easier workaround or do I have something wrong in my
> >> setup?
> >
> > Do you have 'Interactive TV' [1] enabled? If you do, and the channel
> > displays an off-air broadcast message, you should be able to choose
> > another channel normally if you tune to the channel whilst it is not
> > broadcasting.
> >
> > [1] configured in mythfrontend TV setup
>
> This doesn't seem to work for me. I can see the off air message, but the
> channel won't retune. I would like to solve it if possible as having to
> select a different tuner significantly impacts WAF.

Just checked and yes, I do have "Interactive TV" enabled. Doesn't seem to do 
it's job though...
I don't even see an "off air message"??

But thanks anyway

Dag