[mythtv-users] Help: No program info for QAM256 channels

[kim Gross]

To the best of my knowledge, you have to manual edit the channel info 
and put the correct XMLTV id in each channel with digital channels.  It 
is a pain but once it is done it should work great.

> I'm trying to use an HDHomeRun in Costa Mesa, CA. My
> service is Time Warner Cable and it has a bunch of
> QAM256 channels.
>
> When tuned, the channels show up as 79#1, 79#2, 80#15,
> and the like, but are all labeled as UNKNOWN. I can't
> get any program information on them nor can I get the
> channel names, etc.
>
> Schedules Direct gives me 3 lineup possibilities for
> Costa Mesa:
>
> 92627	COSTA MESA, US	Local Broadcast Listings -
> Antenna	LocalBroadcast	Edit	Report	Delete
> 92627	Costa Mesa, US	Time Warner Cable	Cable	Edit
> Report	Delete
> 92627	Costa Mesa, US	Time Warner Cable - Digital
> CableDigital	Edit	Report	Delete
>
> I've tried all 3 - and it never associates the
> channels. (If I use "digital cable" it sort of does,
> but assigns like 10-15 channels as all "Galavision".)
>
> Silicon Dust gives me, for "Digital Antenna":
> Digital Antenna
> Type	Channel	Program	Call Sign	Resolution	Aspect
> 8vsb	23	3	KTBNDT	704x480i
> 	4:3
> 	
> 8vsb	23	4	KTBNDT2	704x480i
> 	4:3
> 	
> 8vsb	23	5	KTBNDT3	704x480i
> 	4:3
>
> [... and the like ...]
>
> and for "Digital Cable"
> Digital Cable (unencrypted)
> Type	Channel	Program	Call Sign	Resolution	Aspect
> qam256	54	204	KTLADT	1920x1080i
> 	16:9
> 	
> qam256	54	205	KCALDT	1920x1080i
> 	16:9
> 	
> qam256	74	405	KOCEDT	1920x1080i
> 	16:9
> 	
> qam256	79	1	KABCDT	528x480i
> 	4:3
> 	
> qam256	79	2	AZTECA	528x480i
> 	4:3
>
> [... and the like ...]
>
>
> I notice the numbering that Silicon Dust gives for my
> QAM channels seems at least roughly correct, but none
> of the lineups given by Schedules Direct seems to
> match correctly.
>
> The instructions on this page
>
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/HDHomeRun
>
> indicates that it will pull program info from the
> "Digital Antenna" lineup on SchedulesDirect. It says:
>
> "Note that MythTV uses the ATSC channel numbering as
> specified in the transport stream, not the remapped
> cable channel numbering so you will need to select
> OTA/Antenna as the source in Zap2it."
>
> Well, I tried using "Digital Antenna" and still all
> channels came up as UNKNOWN, and no program data was
> provided.
>
> How do I get the correct program information
> associated with the QAM-tuned channels? Thanks!
>
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