[mythtv-users] LiveTV attempts to tune unavailable channel when entering LiveTV

[Stephen Worthington]

On Wed, 19 Apr 2017 10:16:49 -0700, you wrote:

>On Wed, Apr 19, 2017 at 8:23 AM, Peter Bennett <pgbennett at comcast.net> wrote:
>> On 04/19/2017 02:47 AM, Steven Adeff wrote:
>>>
>>> Stephen: I noticed the database change after sending the email and
>>> poking around some more. I like the idea of going to the Guide and
>>> using M > Watch!
>>>
>>> Peter: Yes, both tuners have separate lineups that only contain
>>> channels they are able to tune, but the backend still tries to get the
>>> HDHR to tune a channel in the HDPVR lineup that is not in the HDHR
>>> lineup.
>>>
>>> and I'll cross my fingers this gets resolved!
>>
>> I see there is no ticket that I can find for this issue, so you may want to
>> create one.
>>
>> https://code.mythtv.org/trac/wiki/TicketHowTo
>>
>> There is an enhancement in the next version (29) to add "Watch this channel"
>> to the menu from pressing enter or Select in the guide, so it will make that
>> a bit easier. I always use the guide to invoke LiveTV anyway, because using
>> the "Live TV" from the main menu starts you up in the last used channel,
>> which is often not the one wanted.
>>
>> Peter
>
>I'll add a ticket. Thanks!
>
>It does appear that on 0.28.1 the "Watch this channel" has been implemented.

It has actually been around for many versions, but hidden away on a
menu only.  So lots of people have never discovered it.  The change in
Master is going to make it more accessible.