[mythtv] 4 digit channel support

[Chris Weiland]

Jeff,

I appreciate the suggestion, but that's just another avoidable hack
job.  Like I said, I already modified the source code so that it does
what I need.  The point is that I shouldn't have to do anything - it
should be built into MythTV proper.

I'm not asking for help to get it working - I already have it working.
 I'm asking for help in improving the MythTV experience for others.  I
want to save other people the trouble of figuring this out, but I
could really use some help in doing so.

And Robert, I'm sorry if I came off a little preachy earlier.  It's
not my project, so it's ultimately your call about an option.  I just
want my cable box to work without modifying code/scripts.

On Tue, Nov 16, 2010 at 4:40 PM, Jeff Artz <jeffa.myth at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> On Tue, Nov 16, 2010 at 12:56 PM, Chris Weiland <hobbiticus at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> Good question - I didn't think about that.  The only problem I see
>> there is if the channel lineup does not include any channels >= 1000
>> but the cable box still expects 4 digits.  For example, the user may
>> not care about the channels >= 1000 (doesn't want to waste the
>> time/storage grabbing listings, maybe can't tune them anyway due to
>> those channels being encrypted), so he removes them from his lineup.
>>
>> Personally, I would still make it an option and default it based on
>> the channel lineup like you suggest.  In my mind, properly defaulted
>> options aren't a bad thing.  In this particular case (firewire cable
>> box setup), I think that there are only 5 or so options anyway (I
>> don't have the configuration screen in front of me), so one more isn't
>> a big deal in my opinion.
>>
>> However, even if I don't get my configuration option, I'll still shut
>> up about it  :)
>>
>> If I make the modifications necessary to support 4 digit channels, I'd
>> still appreciate help with the supporting logic for determining the
>> correct number of channels (i.e. querying the channel list and getting
>> that info into the firewire device class).
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Nov 16, 2010 at 12:40 PM, Robert McNamara
>> <robert.mcnamara at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > On Tue, Nov 16, 2010 at 9:38 AM, Chris Weiland <hobbiticus at gmail.com>
>> > wrote:
>> >> Yes, sorry, I do mean Myth's internal firewire channel changer.  I'd
>> >> love to avoid a configuration option, but I don't see a way around it.
>> >>  I believe that the number of digits in the channel depends on your TV
>> >> provider company, which I doubt that Myth can detect.
>> >
>> > What's wrong with using a four-digit path if the max length of freqid
>> > in the DB is four digits?
>> >
>> > Robert
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> Chris,
>
>   I too have FiOS, but I use the 6200ch script with the -4 flag instead of
> the internal channel changer, and it works perfectly.
>
>   It's on the wiki at  http://mythtv.org/wiki/6200ch   and at the bottom of
> the page is an example of my channel-change script.
>
>   I have FiOS HD with two Motorola QIP7100 HD boxes that feed HD-PVRs.  I
> have not had any problems with this script at all.  (Been super-stable since
> I switched to FiOS about 5-6 months ago).  You might have to play around
> with the inter-digit delay if it's too fast (my example script sets it to
> 10ms, which works perfectly for my boxes, but you may need to increase it.)
> J-e-f-f-A
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