[mythtv-users] Myth Setup - The channels setup

[John Pullan]

Have you entered any channel information at all ? A good starting point
is probably a channels.conf file generated by the dvb scan app.

On Sun, 2004-11-07 at 20:40 +1000, David Whyte wrote:
> Howdy,
> 
> Can anybody provide any advice about setting up the channels in the
> initial setup screen?  I wandered why I have been unable to view live
> TV until I looked at what was being dumped to the terminal windows.
> 
> The front end is saying...
> 2004-11-07 19:21:04 Using protocol version 13
> 2004-11-07 19:21:10 taking too long to be allowed to read..
> 2004-11-07 19:21:15 taking too long to be allowed to read..
> 2004-11-07 19:21:20 taking too long to be allowed to read..
> 2004-11-07 19:21:22 Waited 2 seconds for data to become available,
> waiting again...
> 2004-11-07 19:21:24 Waited 2 seconds for data to become available,
> waiting again...
> 2004-11-07 19:21:26 Waited 2 seconds for data to become available,
> waiting again...
> 
> Then bombs out.  The back end is saying...
> Starting up as the master server.
> 2004-11-07 19:20:50 DVB#0 Using DVB card 0, with frontend Zarlink MT352 DVB-T.
> 2004-11-07 19:20:50 DVB#0 ERROR - Failed to verify channel integrity.
> 2004-11-07 19:20:50 DVB#0 ERROR - Failed to get channel options for channel 3.
> ...
> 2004-11-07 19:21:04 Changing from None to WatchingLiveTV
> 2004-11-07 19:21:04 DVB#0 Recorder: Card opened successfully.
> 2004-11-07 19:21:04 DVB#0 ERROR - No PIDS set, please correct your
> channel setup.
> 2004-11-07 19:21:05 DVB#0 WARNING - No data from card in 1 second.
> 2004-11-07 19:21:06 DVB#0 WARNING - No data from card in 1 second.
> ...
> 2004-11-07 19:21:15 DVB#0 WARNING - No data from card in 1 second.
> 2004-11-07 19:21:16 DVB#0 WARNING - No data from card in 1 second.
> 2004-11-07 19:21:17 DVB#0 WARNING - No data from card in 1 second.
> 2004-11-07 19:21:18 DVB#0 WARNING - No data from card in 1 second.
> 2004-11-07 19:21:19 DVB#0 WARNING - No data from card in 1 second.
> 2004-11-07 19:21:20 Couldn't read data from the capture card in 15
> seconds.  Game over, man.
> 
> I feel like I am so close.  It has taken 2 weeks thus far (mainly
> caused by the DVB-T card) so I am pretty keen to get it working before
> bed tonight.
> 
> Cheers all,
> Dave
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