[mythtv-users] channel 4 partially broken - RESOLVED

[Andrew Stadt]

On 01/01/17 11:47 AM, Marc Williams wrote:
> Nope it wasn't a channel scan issue.  Likewise, there was nothing 
> wrong with the channel numbering.  It turns out that this might be a 
> bug.  Two separate observations led me to a workaround.
>
> 1) Myth seems to be able to "understand" that when I press "99<Enter>" 
> on a keyboard or remote (meaning I want to go to channel 9.9), I'm 
> really telling it to go to 9_9.  Same thing with other channels.  e.g 
> 31.3=313=31_3.  This is pretty nice since most remote controls don't 
> have an underscore.
>
> 2) When I've done a channel scan in the past, I would simple mark my 
> unwanted channels as "invisible" in the channel editor.  This seemed 
> to work fine.
>
> Now, back to my channel 4 problem.  I found that Myth seems to have 
> trouble differentiating between my channel 4.1 and channel 41.1 (or 
> any of the 41 series - 41.2, .3, .4, etc).  I discovered that when I 
> hit "41", myth was always waiting for another integer.  Indeed, if I 
> would hit 411, Myth would dutifully change to 41.1.  It just so 
> happens that I don't watch any of the 41 series channels which is why 
> I had marked them invisible initially.
>
> I've now deleted the entire channel 41 series from the channel editor 
> and now when I hit 41 Myth takes me straight to channel 4.1 like it's 
> supposed to.  Problem solved.  It's a good thing I don't watch any of 
> the 41 series of channels, I guess.
>
> I'm not sure this is a bug but I think I'll report it anyway.  I just 
> think that if I hit 41<Enter>, Myth should go right to 4_1 instead of 
> assuming that it should wait for additional integers.
>
> On 01/01/2017 07:50 AM, Hika van den Hoven wrote:
>> Hoi Daryl,
>>
>> Sunday, January 1, 2017, 2:08:11 PM, you wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>> On Dec 31, 2016 4:28 PM, "Marc Williams" <marcjw53 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> On 12/31/2016 04:42 PM, Marc Williams wrote:
>>>     My channel 4 (4.1) is only accessible from CHANNELUP,
>>> CHANELDOWNDOWN, and PREVCHAN.  Typing in the channel number on a
>>> keyboard or the remote control keypad doesn't work.  It doesn't
>>> matter if I type in 4 or 41, the number appears on the screen but
>>> nothing happens - the channel doesn't change.  Pressing Enter after
>>> the number entry does nothing as well.  I have 38 other channels
>>> that all work fine.  It's just channel 4 that doesn't. Any ideas?
>>>       Sorry, I should've mentioned that the same issue exists on all 3
>>> of my Myth FEs.  Running .28 on Ubuntu 16.04.
>>
>>
>>> Is 4.1 a new addition to your channel lineup? Maybe a rescan will 
>>> enable the functionality you seek
>> 4 or 41 is not the same as 4.1. Maybe edit the number in the
>> channeleditor?
>>
>> Tot mails,
>>    Hika                            mailto:hikavdh at gmail.com
>>
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Out of curiosity, can you enter 041 for 4.1?