[mythtv-users] Mythfilldatabase, new HdHr Quatro box, and EPG

[David Engel]

On Wed, Aug 07, 2019 at 03:37:20PM -0400, Don Brett wrote:
> On 8/7/2019 1:33 PM, Klaas de Waal wrote:
> > On Wed, 7 Aug 2019 at 16:16, Don Brett <dlbrett at zoominternet.net> wrote:
> > > I missed the announcements when my local broadcasters decided to change
> > > frequencies and required everyone to re-scan.  I thought my HDHR-Connect
> > > box stopped working, so I bought a new HDHR-Quatro (four tuners).
> > > 
> > > The installation went pretty well.  I deleted the existing tuners and
> > > created four new ones for the Quatro box (thanks Klaas for the
> > > instructions). The channel scan worked fine and all four tuners are
> > > working better than expected; some of the hard to get channels are
> > > working really well.
> > > 
> > > However, the program guide is unpopulated ("Unknown(Unknown)" for all
> > > the new tuner channels.  I also have an Hauppauge HD-PVR for the cable
> > > box and those channels are fine.  I've run mythfilldatabase several
> > > times; do I have a myth-setup issue, or maybe something with
> > > Schedules-Direct?
> > > 
> > > Don
> > > 
> > > PS - After the channel scan, I checked the channel editor and all looked
> > > fine.  I exited and re-entered mythtv-setup and re-checked the channel
> > > editor.  Filtering for each of the Quatro antenna inputs, it shows all
> > > the cable-tv channels mixed into the antenna channels.  Example: if I
> > > set the "Video Sources" filter to "All", it shows five cable TV "Video
> > > On Demand" channels (HD-PVR, Ant-1. Ant-2, Ant-3. Ant-4).  I assume this
> > > is a display issue, but ??
> > > 
> > > PS - I temporarily turned on EIT and it mostly filled in the guide.
> > > 
> > > PS - I reported the frequency change to Schedules-Direct and asked if
> > > any updates were needed on their end; waiting for response.
> > > 
> > The way I understand your system you need to configure two video
> > sources, one for the HD-PVR/cable and one for the Quatro/OTA.
> > All four tuners of the Quatro have to be connected to the one video
> > source you created for the Quatro/OTA.
> > In the mythtv-setup Channel Editor, when you select "All" video
> > sources, you get all channels from all  video sources.
> > If there are channels that are both on the HD-PVR/cable and on the
> > Quattro/OTA then you see that channel twice.
> > Note that on the mythfrontend Program Guide the same channel from
> > different video sources is shown only once.
> > If you want to use EIT/EPG then you need to do that on only one tuner
> > per video source. So for the Quattro/OTA you configure EIT/EPG only
> > for the first tuner.
> > 
> > I am not familiar with Schedules-Direct but maybe it works
> > automatically OK once the setup is correct.
> > 
> > Klaas.
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> Perhaps I misunderstood.  The Quatro has four tuners in one box, using one
> IP address, and one device ID.  Do I actually have only two capture cards
> (HDPVR and HDHOMERUN)?  Here's what I created, what do I need to delete?
> 
> Capture cards >
> HDPVR: /dev/video0
> HDHOMERUN: 10722347
> HDHOMERUN: 10722347
> HDHOMERUN: 10722347
> HDHOMERUN: 10722347

This is correct.

> Video Sources >
> HdPvr
> Ant-1
> Ant-2
> Ant-3
> Ant-4
> 
> Input Connections >
> [HDPVR: /dev/video0] (Component) -> HdPvr
> [HDHOMERUN: 10722347] (MPEG2TS) -> Ant-1
> [HDHOMERUN: 10722347] (MPEG2TS) -> Ant-2
> [HDHOMERUN: 10722347] (MPEG2TS) -> Ant-3
> [HDHOMERUN: 10722347] (MPEG2TS) -> Ant-4

These are not correct.  You should only have one Ant videosource and
all four Quatro devices should be configured to use it.

David
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David Engel
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