[mythtv-users] Reliable channel changes on Dish network VIP 211k

[Michael T. Dean]

On 02/23/2012 11:02 AM, Michael wrote:
> On 02/23/2012 02:39 AM, Michael T. Dean wrote:
>> I suggest increasing the sleep time in your channel change script.  Is
>> it set to 0.4s?  If so, try increasing it to 0.6 or 0.8 or even 1.
>>
>> Also, make sure you increase the capture cards's signal
>> and--especially--tuning timeout sufficiently to handle the longest
>> sequence of codes you will be sending in the channel change script *
>> sleep_time + a little extra.
>>
>>
>
> Thanks for the response.  I had tried increasing the time between
> channel changes previously but it had little effect.
>
> I hard code set the time between the select and sending the first digit
> to 1 second and the time between digits to .6 and the channel changes
> seem fairly reliable.  I will continue testing today and post a further
> update.
>
> Thanks and hopefully this will find a good solution.

Make sure you also check the tuning timeout in mythtv-setup.  It needs 
to be many seconds, assuming you send up to 4 digits and, possibly a 
select with 0.24+.  I'd recommend at least 5500ms, possibly more, 
depending on what you send.

Mike