[mythtv-users] Feature Request: Force external channel changer to always change channel

[John Klimek]

I'm not sure how many people have this problem, but I use my satellite
receiver to watch TV and then when I'm not home, MythTV records off of it
(using my external channel changer [rca.pl]).

The problem is that sometimes I will turn off my satellite receiver and it
will be on channel 309 (for example).  However, MythTV thinks the receiver
is still on channel 354 because that is what it last changed it to.

Would it be possible to add a "Force external chanel changer to always
change channel" option to the mythtv setup?

As far as the code, I'm fairly sure that I found where the problem is...
channel.cpp, line 376.  (inside of void Channel::SwitchToInput).

The first statement,  if (newcapchannel == currentcapchannel)  return;

I've patched my source so that it doesn't check anymore (always changes the
channel), but everytime I update to the new CVS I have to re-patch the code.
The change is super easy, but I just thought that maybe other people have
this same problem and it could be added to cvs permanently.