[mythtv-users] hours to edit channels?

[Douglas Peale]

On 07/11/2011 08:34 AM, Eric Sharkey wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 11, 2011 at 10:56 AM, Douglas Peale
> <Douglas_Peale at comcast.net> wrote:
>> On 07/11/2011 06:15 AM, Eric Sharkey wrote:
>>> This came up on another thread.  Frequency ID is not what you think it is.
>>>
>>> http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/485145#485145
>>>
>>> What identifies a HDHR channel is the multiplex id and service id.
>>> The current HDHR channel scanner mis-populates this field by putting a
>>> number in that corresponds to the physical frequency rather than the
>>> virtual frequency as this field is intended to hold.
>>>
>>> Eric
>> If HDHR scan is putting the wrong number there, than so is the ATI HDHomeRun scanner. They both get the same results.
> What is the ATI HDHomeRun scanner?  Are you referring to the graphics
> chip company acquired by AMD?
You are right, my mind was wondering. ATI HDTV Wonder.
>> In any case, whatever it is called, the information that MythTV uses to actually set up the tuner to the correct frequency, and
>> data stream is what needs to be in the channel list to uniquely, unambiguously identify the channel one is about to edit.
> That's the mplexid and serviceid.  Those two numbers are what MythTV
> uses to tune the HDHR to a given program.  The freqid should be there
> too, but it's not used for tuning.  The freqid is the number used by
> Schedules Direct to identify a channel and also the number you would
> put into a set top box to tune using the STB.
>
> Eric
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