[mythtv-users] DVB OTA channel help

Brian Foddy bfoddy at visi.com
Mon Jan 23 03:06:44 UTC 2006


On Sunday 22 January 2006 06:30 pm, Robert Tsai wrote:
> On Sun, Jan 22, 2006 at 04:57:18PM -0600, Brian Foddy wrote:
> > I've been trying to get one last atsc channel working correctly in
> > the myth database.  Its the local ABC channel, and its HD
> > broadcasting on channel 50.
> >
> > I admit my channel database is very old, since the wee-early days of
> > hd in myth.  At the time, I was able to do a full scan, and with a
> > lot of manual tweaking of the database, I got the main channels ok
> > (NBC, CBS, etc), but ABC has always been a wrong.
> >
> > I'm just looking for some process, manual or automatic scan to shove
> > this channel in correctly, then I'll match up the xmltvid. Its a
> > strong channel, so tuning it shouldn't be a problem.
> >
> > Anyone have any tips?
>
> I have a similar problem; I can't get all available channels.
>
> Have you tried repositioning the antenna? I'm at the point where I
> have to choose between one PBS channel and ABC.
>
> --Rob

I don't think mine is a reception issue.  My TV picks up the channel
very well.  Its a database / setup.  Without erasing all the channel database,
I don't know how to add this one channel that, for whatever reason,
didn't get set up right originally.


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