[mythtv-users] how properly to rescan channels

[Hika van den Hoven]

Hoi UB40D,

Saturday, July 11, 2015, 9:01:46 PM, you wrote:

> Tracked this down to the fact that, in 2.capture cards, the options I set
> for recording options and especially LNB don't seem to be remembered!

> In other words
>>
>> 2. capture cards
>> dvb /dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0
>> diseqc (switch, lnb and rotor configuration)
>>
>> ...at this point it will say (unconnected), even if previously I had just
>> defined it as lnb.
>> If I redefine it as LNB, select the right preset etc etc and press FINISH,
>> when I go back up one screen it correctly says LNB. But when I ESC to the
>> next screen up and then go back in, it says (unconnected).
>>
>> What am I doing wrong this time?
>>
>>
> I have done a reboot and tried again.


> For some vodoo reason now it did remember the LNB settings etc, so I could
> complete a channel scan.
> However, despite that, the channel editor shows NO channels, and
> consequently I cannot view or record anything.

> Once a channel scan is successful, what else needs to be done to have the
> channels entered in the database?
> I don't recall ever doing anything special when I did this other times.


Are the channels in the same video source you have linked to your
hardware in input connections?

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