[mythtv-users] Trouble with channels

[Daryl McDonald]

On Nov 20, 2015 6:30 PM, "Ross Boylan" <rossboylan at stanfordalumni.org>
wrote:
>
> I've had problems getting channels setup.  Let me start at the end:
> when I try to exit mythtv-setup it says "Card 6 (type MPEG2TS) is set
> to start on channel 7-1, which does not exist."  It repeats the
> message for Card 8, and then has buttons that say "Yes Please" (though
> there's no question) and "No, I know what I am ..." where the ... is
> in the original.  But I do have channel 7-1.
>
> In input connections the list of possible starting channels has 7_1 on
> the very bottom, and then another entry where it would be expected
> (i.e., between 5 and 9, instead of after 66).  I switched both cards
> to the "regular" 7_1 and now can exit setup.
>
> History, with problem area noted with ->:
> Running Debian Jessie with Marillat's packaging of myth 0.27.5 in an
> amd64 virtual machine with HDHomerun tuner on the network.  This is a
> replacement for a previous VM doing the same thing; it's backing hard
> disk failed.
>
> The HDHR has 2 tuners, both of which were detected.  However, during
> the entry of capture cards I accidentally created an entry for a DVB
> card.
> -> I couldn't see a way to delete a single card.  So I deleted all and
> recreated the 2 HDHR tuners.
>
> Video source is schedules direct.  I clicked on retrieve lineups.
>
> Input connections: I did "scan for channels" on the both cards, but
> import an existing scan for the second.  On the second one (I think) I
> got lots of messages about updating, adding and deleting channels,
> including mentions of "78 old ATSC", "3 old MPEG"and MPEG.  I accepted
> the defaults.  At first I tried to go manually, but
> -> For each channel it wanted me to enter the channel number, even
> though it already had it.
If your signal source is the same, which it must be, one HDHR one input,
then you need only scan once, then connect it similarly in input
connections.
>
> Channel editor:
> -> I couldn't figure out what this was for; even after reading the
> manual I can't figure out why it's necessary.
I've used this to delete in wanted, never going to record ,channels and to
add xmlid's or alter call sign/channel numbers.
> ==> Initially only about 4 channels were displayed (7-1 was one of
> them).  I redid the scan from here and got a full list.
> -> I was hoping this would be a chance to prune the list of channels
> to the ones I'm interested in.  I haven't figured out a good way to do
> that in myth (I have managed to limit the channels shown in the
> schedule).
This is what channel editor can do.
> -> Why does the gui have delete all but not delete?
When highlighted use " d"  for individual deletes.
> -> "Hide Channels without a channel number" starts with a red X next
> to it.  This can be cleared, or toggled to a yellow checkmark.  Aside
> from the fact that I don't know how you can have a channel without a
> channel number, I can't tell what these 3 different states mean.
> -> Why is there a channel scan here at all?
>
> Yours in puzzlement.
> Ross Boylan
>
> P.S. I have a theory about where the short list came from.  Apparently
> when you reuse a scan the default is to use the earliest, not the most
> recent.  So I guess the earliest scan, maybe associated with the bogus
> card, was messed up.
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