[mythtv-users] UPC Poland , mythfrontend hangs on a "Connection test" channel

[Jean-Yves Avenard]

Hi

On Monday, July 21, 2014, Janusz S. Bien <jsbien at mimuw.edu.pl> wrote:

> I'm a novice user, I've actually started to use MythTV only yesterday.
>
> When doing "Full Scan (Tuned)" I marked "Unencrypted only" expecting to
> tune only to the free DVB-T channels available on the UPC cable (for
> encrypted channels we have in another room a topbox rented by UPC and
> connected to our TV).
>
> Looks like MythTV has tuned to all the channels offered and is able even
> to get EPG for channels available only on the topbox (which is quite
> convenient); moreover it has tuned to a lot of technical (?) channels which
> are normally not visible at all.
>
> The problem is that when I incidentally selected "Connection test", the
> frontend practically hangs.
>
> I've rescanned the channels hoping to reset the starting channel for the
> card, but it doesn't work, the frontend always starts with an attempt to
> receive "Connection test". I was looking also for a way to remove unneeded
> channels including "Connection test", but didn't find any (perhaps I don't
> know where to look).
>
> I have some rudimentary knowledge of MySQL Workbench so I can do some
> checks or operation directly on the data base if it is needed.
>
>
No need to know MySQL.

Make sure you use the latest version of mythtv: 0.27.3

Go into Programme Guide

Select the channel you want live tv to start from, press Menu and select
start live tv.

You can also change the start channel in mythtv-setup, but it's more work

>
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