[mythtv-users] Cannot change channels on DVB card while watching live TV.

Erik Jensen eriksjunk at laurelwoodart.com
Tue Aug 26 16:58:53 UTC 2008


I recently purchased a Pinnacle PCTV HD card to use for Clear QAM tuning on
my cable.  I installed it, hooked it up, and scanned for channels.  The
problem I am having is that whenever I try to change the channel while
watching TV, mythfrontend tells me that an "Error was encountered while
displaying video."  I can record from the various channels just fine, and
the result looks good.  Also, if I set the initial channel to the one I want
to watch in mythtv-setup before I go to Watch TV, I can watch that channel.
But I still get an error if I try to change the channel while in the Watch
TV section.  This is a pain, as I have lots of cable-only channels that show
up as "UNKNOWN", which I need to identify in order to set up listings
properly.

Another note:  This card seems to take a while to tune in general on my
computer.  My initial scan found no channels, and I had to set the time out
to 15 seconds to make sure I got all of them.

Your help is appreciated,
Erik Jensen

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"Cats are intended to teach us that not everything in nature has a purpose."
-- Garrison Keillor
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