[mythtv-users] trouble with CSPAN channels

[Peter Bennett]

On 3/6/21 10:35 AM, Greg Woods wrote:
> I have Comcast, using an HD Homerun Prime with 3-tuner cable card to 
> receive channels via MythTV. I do not have any Comcast equipment other 
> than the cable card. I am using the XMLTV grabber via Schedules Direct 
> to get channel information.
>
> The problem is that my wife cannot watch CSPAN2 or CSPAN3. The main SD 
> CSPAN channel works, but CSPAN-HD, CSPAN2 and CSPAN3 do not. Attempts 
> to watch them from the Program Guide result in backend log messages 
> like these:
>
> 2021-03-06 08:28:00.048687 I [475758/531952] ProcessRequest 
> mainserver.cpp:1770 (HandleAnnounce) - MainServer: adding: 
> dodo.gregandeva.net <http://dodo.gregandeva.net>(169ff10) as a client 
> (events: 0)
> 2021-03-06 08:28:00.054366 I [475758/475811] TVRecEvent 
> tv_rec.cpp:1057 (HandleStateChange) - TVRec[14]: Changing from None to 
> WatchingLiveTV
> 2021-03-06 08:28:00.055100 I [475758/475811] TVRecEvent 
> tv_rec.cpp:3662 (TuningFrequency) - TVRec[14]: TuningFrequency
> 2021-03-06 08:28:00.071572 I [475758/475811] TVRecEvent 
> recorders/hdhrstreamhandler.cpp:385 (Connect) - HDHRSH[14](13233503): 
> Added 3 devices from 13233503
> 2021-03-06 08:28:00.088035 I [475758/475811] TVRecEvent 
> recorders/hdhrstreamhandler.cpp:402 (Connect) - HDHRSH[14](13233503): 
> Connected to device(13233503-0)
> 2021-03-06 08:28:00.098080 E [475758/475811] TVRecEvent 
> recorders/hdhrstreamhandler.cpp:484 (TunerSet) - HDHRSH[14](13233503): 
> DeviceSet(vchannel 1129): ERROR: invalid virtual channel
> 2021-03-06 08:28:00.098085 E [475758/475811] TVRecEvent 
> tv_rec.cpp:3735 (TuningFrequency) - TVRec[14]: Failed to set channel 
> to 1129. Reverting to kState_None
> 2021-03-06 08:28:00.098092 I [475758/475811] TVRecEvent 
> tv_rec.cpp:1057 (HandleStateChange) - TVRec[14]: Changing from 
> WatchingLiveTV to None
> 2021-03-06 08:28:00.099325 I [475758/531960] MythSocketThread(72) 
> mainserver.cpp:7858 (connectionClosed) - Playback sock(169ff10) 
> 'dodo.gregandeva.net <http://dodo.gregandeva.net>' disconnected
>
> I have no idea how to troubleshoot this, or whether the problem is 
> likely with Comcast, my equipment, MythTV Software, or Schedules 
> Direct. As far as I know, the CSPAN channels are the only ones I 
> should be able to get (according to the published channel listings in 
> my area) that I can't.
>
> Thanks for any advice,
> --Greg
>
> cannot record
The channels may be set to copy-once or copy-never, which means mythtv 
canot record the channels. There should be a way of checking it with hd 
homerun prime. Good luck with getting Comcast to fix it. When I had an 
issue with a wrong channel set to copy-once it took around 3 months with 
Comcast to get it sorted out. That process included multiple unnecessary 
visits including one time when they replaced my perfectly good cable 
card with one that was not working, and left me with a broken system.
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