[mythtv-users] Adding channels for my HD-PVR
Harry Devine
lifter89 at comcast.net
Thu Nov 12 13:07:28 UTC 2009
On 11/12/2009 12:00 AM, greg wrote:
> Harry Devine wrote:
>> Kenneth Emerson wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 4:40 PM, Harry Devine <lifter89 at comcast.net
>>> <mailto:lifter89 at comcast.net>> wrote:
>>>
>>> OK, so I upgraded to 0.22 on Mythbuntu 9.10 today and it went
>>> fairly smoothly. I can capture from my HD-PVR using "cat
>>> /dev/video0 > <filename>" so the kernel sees it. I added the
>>> HD-PVR as a tuner card, but I'm a little unsure how to tie the
>>> channels from my cable box to it. So, can anyone give me some
>>> pointers with the following:
>>>
>>> 1) I have a lot of my channels in my SchedulesDirect lineup that I
>>> can only get from my cable box (originally I wanted to capture
>>> them over Firewire). How do I get these channels into Myth? I
>>> may have had them once but used the channel editor to remove them
>>> since I could never get Firewire to work. Do I have to make a new
>>> Input connection for them?
>>>
>>> 2) When I added the HD-PVR, I put in "/usr/bin/6200ch" as the
>>> channel change script. I realized that I don't have 6200ch. I
>>> know I can compile it so that's not a problem. Is
>>> "/usr/bin/6200ch" enough to have on that command line, or are
>>> there other parameters that I need to pass in?
>>>
>>> Thanks for any help.
>>> Harry
>>>
>>> What I did was to create a new line-up in SD using my cable
>>> providers digital package (Mediacom - Digital). I then eliminated
>>> the channels that were known to not work (on the SD web site) plus
>>> the ones I'd never watch (ie HSN, etc.). You then reference this
>>> line-up on the Input Connection screen of mythtv-setup for the
>>> particular input you are using on the HD-PVR (probably component
>>> for HD). Click on the "Get channels from source" button once you
>>> have selected your line-up. Do not try to scan. Since you are
>>> using the HD-PVR, you probably are not sharing this line-up with
>>> any other tuner device. If you are, I do not know how you would
>>> disable some channels for a particular input (but I suspect there
>>> is a way). I have three line-ups on SD: LocalBroadcast (antenna),
>>> Cable (NTSC/clear QAM), and DigitalCable (HD-PVR). Only the
>>> HD-PVR uses the DigitalCable line-up. I would also recommend that
>>> you use the mythchanger application. It doesn't require knowing
>>> what firewire port you are using. You would enter the command as
>>> "mythchanger -c ". Hope this helps.
>>>
>>>
>>> -- Ken
>>>
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>> I got the Lineup stuff worked out, so thanks for that tip. As for
>> the channel changing, I was able to get the 6200ch application to
>> compile and I can run it from the command line to change the channel
>> on my STB. What do I need to add to the HD-PVR card in
>> mythtv-setup? Also, my system doesn't seem to have mythchanger, so
>> would you have any more info on what it is or where I get it?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Harry
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> If your asking where to put the channel changing command,you run
> mythtv-setup..Then access input connections.. Click on hdpvr,then you
> should see External channel command.. There's where you put the path
> to the script that you used to change your STB,,, Mine looks like this
> /usr/local/bin/MyBlaster.pl ...
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I know WHERE to put it, but do I have to put in any parameters? That's
really my question. I have "/usr/local/bin/6200ch" right now. If I
wanted to pass the node for the firewire port and the channel number,
how do I do that? I know that some of the user job scripts can get
parameters like %CHANID%, etc., so do I have to put that on that command
line?
Thanks,
Harry
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