[mythtv-users] Not getting all channels!

[Phil Bridges]

On 10/14/07, Harry Devine <lifter89 at comcast.net> wrote:
>
>  Hello again everyone.  I've had a few threads asking about this topic, but
> thought I'd give it another shot.  All of the suggestions that I have gotten
> in the past haven't worked, so I'm rethinking my current setup.  I have a
> pcHDTV5500 card and Myth-0.20.2 (the SD updated version) on FC6, and have
> Comcast in Southern New Jersey.  I used Myth to scan for channels and came
> up with 328 channels.  However, only 50 of them are known/usable.  The rest
> of them simply show a blank screen when I tune them within Myth, or show the
> "You should've gotten a lock by now" message.  All of the blank channels
> have channel IDs similar to 79#0, 17#1, etc.
>
>  I started looking around at the forums on the pcHDTV site, and came across
> this thread:
> http://www.pchdtv.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1707.  In it,
> it is mentioned that Comcast sends everything encrypted except for the
> really basic cable (local stations, home shopping stations, etc.).  Could
> this be what I'm running into?  Am I basically screwed here and "S.O.L."?
>
>  Would investing in an HDHomeRun device help me get more of the channels
> that Comcast transmits in my area?  I do have firewire from my STB to my
> Myth box, and I do know that it's working (I think I used portctl to test
> it; something like that), but I haven't tried using it to record programs.
> Would I need to get the firewire working so that the encrypted channels come
> into the STB, then use the firewire connection to record?
>
>  Thanks for any help.  This is pretty much the last thing that I need to get
> working to have the fully functional Myth setup that I envisioned several
> months ago when I started all of this.
>
>  Harry
>

The HDHomerun isn't going to allow you to record any encrypted
channesl; you're only going to get the same ones you're picking up via
your PCHDTV card.

You may have better luck using your firewire connection.