[mythtv-users] using cable freq for broadcast HDTV

Daniel Kristjansson danielk at cuymedia.net
Thu Jan 25 15:38:36 UTC 2007


On Thu, 2007-01-25 at 08:17 -0600, Kevin Kuphal wrote:
> Dave D wrote:
> > Hmm... I tried that... kinda, I set the zap2it ID in mythtv-setup, not 
> > the frontend.  when I ran mythfilldatabase after the ID was set, 
> > nothing got populated.  I got a question:
> >
> > When you mapped your tuner to the local HDTV channels, did you push on 
> > the "Retrieve Lineup from Source" (or something like that) button?  If 
> > so, did you have to scan the OTA channels first (I think this is a new 
> > restriction starting with 0.20)?
> I don't believe I use the Retreive Lineup button on my QAM HD lineup.  I 
> just added the lineup, tied it to the tuner, then scanned for channels 
> and set the XMLTVIDs.  Once that is done, mythfilldatabase and the guide 
> information was there.  You should try using the frontend channel editor 
> to be sure the IDs are right.

"Retrieve Lineup" won't really work with 90% of QAM channels. It
shouldn't hurt, but it will only figure out the channel mapping
for ATSC channels, usually just the rebroadcast OTA channels.
Nick over at SiliconDust (makers of the HDHomeRun) has some
ideas for creating a free service which maps QAM tuning data
to listings ID's. But it is just in the idea stage right now.

I've been considering removing the separate scan and retrieve
buttons and replacing them with a single button which pops up
a wizard that helps you do the right thing for your recorder
and listings provider. But there are a bunch of bugs I want
to squash first...

-- Daniel



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