[mythtv-users] [Fwd: HDHomerun can't tune just one multiplex]
Greg Woods
greg at gregandeva.net
Fri Nov 9 16:13:23 UTC 2007
I hope "multiplex" is the correct term here.
What happened is that, for no apparent reason, I suddenly could no
longer record off my HDHomerun. LiveTV worked fine, but attempting to
record would fail and produce an empty recording. I already tried
posting about this complete with log entries and got no response, so I
decided to just start over. I upgraded to the latest SVN (14794). I deleted
the HDHR capture cards and the
Comcast Digital video source. I created a brand new Digital Cable video
source, then deleted all the channels from the channel table that had
the video source ID of the old Comcast Digital video source. Then I did
the channel scan at QAM-256, repeated at QAM-64, and went through the
tedious process of tuning every channel found in the scan and using the
OSD editor (brought up with the "e" key) to enter callsign, channel
name, and XMLTVID (obtained from the SchedulesDirect lineup web page).
After this and a "mythfilldatabase --do-channel-updates" run, my recordings
worked again: almost.
The problem is that there are 8 channels from 81#0 to 81#7 that were
found in the channel scan, but I cannot tune them. I am certain that
some of them are valid channels; my local ABC affiliate that I used to
be able to get should be there. I have quick tune set, and I checked the
"unencrypted channels only" box before doing the scan.
I'm excited to find out what channels they are, because I have
discovered to my astonishment that ESPN-2 in HD is available to my HDHR
in the clear. Maybe the main ESPN channel is one of the missing ones,
and I would definitely like to be able to get ABC programs in HD.
What happens when I try to tune one of these channels in LiveTV is that I only
get a partial lock; I get the
now-infamous "you should have gotten a channel lock by now" popup
window, and it stays in the "Partial Lock (L )" state forever.
Occasionally it will crap out and give me the "Error displaying video,
press OK to return to menu" blue screen of death, but usually it just
hangs with a partial lock until I hit escape or change the channel.
Here's what "hdhomerun_config scan" shows:
SCANNING: 567000000 (us-cable:81, us-irc:81)
LOCK: qam64 (ss=78 snq=17 seq=100)
PROGRAM: 1: 0.0
PROGRAM: 2: 0.0
PROGRAM: 3: 0.0
PROGRAM: 4: 0.0
PROGRAM: 5: 0.0
PROGRAM: 6: 0.0
PROGRAM: 7: 0.0
PROGRAM: 8: 0.0
I don't see anything particularly unusual in this; all of the other
channels also have PROGRAM reported as 0.0, and those channels are
tunable and work through the guide once I manually enter the proper
XMLTVID. There are also some with an even lower signal strength than
this that tune fine.
Anybody have any ideas how I might get these channels working?
Thank you,
--Greg
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