[mythtv-users] Live TV doesn't work but recordings are fine.

[Michael T. Dean]

  On 07/20/2010 05:20 AM, Mike Perkins wrote:
> Chris Simmons wrote:
>> 2010-07-20 07:34:15.567 DTVSM(/dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0) Error: 
>> Wrong PMT; pmt->pn(4479) desired(4171)
>> 2010-07-20 07:34:15.620 DTVSM(/dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0) Error: 
>> Wrong PMT; pmt->pn(4235) desired(4171)
>> 2010-07-20 07:34:15.626 DTVSM(/dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0) Error: 
>> Wrong PMT; pmt->pn(4671) desired(4171)
>> 2010-07-20 07:34:15.637 DTVSM(/dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0) Error: 
>> Wrong PMT; pmt->pn(4351) desired(4171)
>> 2010-07-20 07:34:15.672 DTVSM(/dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0) Error: 
>> Wrong PMT; pmt->pn(4415) desired(4171)
> Whenever I see something like this it usually means 'they' moved a 
> channel, or did something like that. Time to do a 'rescan existing 
> transports', perhaps?

And since (by default) Live TV uses a shortcut approach to tuning (that 
can be faster /if/ you have a proper channel scan) and recordings use a 
longer, but more-reliable approach, that's very good advice.  (It 
explains why your recordings work and Live TV doesn't.)

Mike