[mythtv-users] MythTV and DTV

[Michael T. Dean]

On 08/20/2009 11:37 PM, Scott Gilmore wrote:
> On Thursday 20 August 2009 13:23:03 Michael T. Dean wrote:
>   
>> On 08/20/2009 06:17 PM, Scott Gilmore wrote:
>>     
>>> I've been working most of the day trying to get MythTV, schedules direct,
>>> and LIRC running properly.
>>>
>>> Issues I have encountered are:
>>>
>>> LIRC did not have my remote so I created one for the Magnavox TB110MW9
>>> DTV Converter and I am able to use irsend to send commands to the box
>>> successfully. I also have put into place change_channel_lirc.pl,
>>> corrected a few issues like changing "ok" in lircd.conf.na386 to "select"
>>> and the perl script seems to be working fine. But, when I type in the
>>> number on my keyboard such as 13.2 to change to that channel, nothing
>>> happens . . . . is this a MythTV issue? I don't think it's even hitting
>>> the change channel script . . .
>>>
>>> Schedules Direct seems to have the right info on their site but when
>>> mythtv guide pops up, the channels are different . . . . maybe I did
>>> something wrong during setup?
>>>
>>> Has anyone else experienced anything like this? Maybe point me to some
>>> docs that explain why this is happening?
>>>       
>> I'm assuming--since you're using a DTV converter box--that you're using
>> an analog capture device (like a PVR-x50/500 or whatever).  If so, did
>> you add the channels correctly--using "Fetch channels from listings
>> source" versus scanning?  (See
>> http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/264034#264034 .)
>>
>> Once you do, you'll need to use the MythTV channel numbers--even if they
>> differ from the ones you're used to using with the DTV box--or edit the
>> channel numbers in MythTV (using the mythtv-setup or MythWeb channel
>> editors) to whatever values you want to use.
> Thank you for responding.
>
> Yes, it's a PVR-150. To me it seems there is a compatibility issue with DTV 
> channels . . . . but I'm too new at this to be sure.
>
> It appears when I fetch the channels mythtv ignores EVERYTHING with a hyphen.

Yes.  Myth will not add digital channels to an analog source unless you 
specifically tell it to.

> So, channels are not added and program guide is not updated. Trying this 
> manually has so far succeeded. For example, I add channel 
> 4.1 and 4.2 setting this as the Channel Number in mythtv-setup and as the 
> channel frequency. This allows the DB to be populated with the programming for 
> those channels. Is anyone else having this issue? Is it just because I have an 
> analog card and using a DTV Converter?
>
> I have not scanned the channels as I didn't believe that would provide 
> accurate channels since I don't believe it would change the STB channel when 
> scanning.
>
> running change-channel-lirc.pl from the command line works without issue.
>
> Fetching channels brings ONLY: 17, 30, 31, 50, 51, 65
>
> Manually adding the channels seems to bring the info down from Schedules 
> Direct but why would mythtv not parse the channels provided correctly?
>   

Since you're using a digital lineup, you'll need to, instead of using 
the "Fetch channels from listings source" button in mythtv-setup, go to 
the command-prompt and run:

mythfilldatabase --only-update-channels --do-channel-updates \
                 --do-not-filter-new-channels

Before doing this, you should do the video sources portion of the 
cleanup mentioned in the post I linked above to get rid of the 
"incomplete" data you have.

> Schedules Direct shows these for my area:
>
> Channel  	XMLid  	Call Sign  	Name
> 4-1 	35595 	WTTVDT 	WTTVDT (WTTV-DT)
> 4-2 	50839 	WTTVDT2 	WTTVDT2 (WTTV-DT2)
> 6-1 	21102 	WRTVDT 	WRTVDT (WRTV-DT)
> 6-2 	48923 	WRTVDT2 	WRTVDT2 (WRTV-DT2)
> 8-1 	19592 	WISHDT 	WISHDT (WISH-DT)
> 8-2 	25526 	WISHDT2 	WISHDT2 (WISH-DT2)
> 8-3 	25527 	WISHDT3 	WISHDT3 (WISH-DT3)
> 13-1 	19593 	WTHRDT 	WTHRDT (WTHR-DT)
> 13-2 	30411 	WTHRDT2 	WTHRDT2 (WTHR-DT2)
> 13-3 	62985 	WTHRDT3 	WTHRDT3 (WTHR-DT3)
> 17 	32545 	WIIHCA 	WIIH-CA
> 18-1 	32717 	WLFIDT 	WLFIDT (WLFI-DT)
> 18-2 	55563 	WLFIDT2 	WLFIDT2 (WLFI-DT2)
> 20-1 	33787 	WFYIDT 	WFYIDT (WFYI-DT)
> 20-2 	33788 	WFYIDT2 	WFYIDT2 (WFYI-DT2)
> 20-3 	44032 	WFYIDT3 	WFYIDT3 (WFYI-DT3)
> 23-1 	34626 	WNDYDT 	WNDYDT (WNDY-DT)
> 29-1 	36147 	WTTKDT 	WTTKDT (WTTK-DT)
> 29-2 	50841 	WTTKDT2 	WTTKDT2 (WTTK-DT2)
> 30 	11879 	WTIU 	WTIU
> 31 	33072 	WKOGLP 	WKOGLP
> 40-1 	32586 	WHMBDT 	WHMBDT (WHMB-DT)
> 40-2 	56788 	WHMBDT2 	WHMBDT2 (WHMB-DT2)
> 42-1 	43663 	WCLJDT 	WCLJDT (WCLJ-DT)
> 42-2 	62259 	WCLJDT2 	WCLJDT2 (WCLJ-DT2)
> 42-3 	62260 	WCLJDT3 	WCLJDT3 (WCLJ-DT3)
> 42-4 	62261 	WCLJDT4 	WCLJDT4 (WCLJ-DT4)
> 42-5 	62262 	WCLJDT5 	WCLJDT5 (WCLJ-DT5)
> 50 	12714 	WALVCA 	SkyTrak Weather Network
> 51 	33063 	WIPXLP 	WIPXLP
> 59-1 	21229 	WXINDT 	WXINDT (WXIN-DT)
> 63-1 	43693 	WIPXDT 	WIPXDT (WIPX-DT)
> 63-2 	43873 	WIPXDT2 	WIPXDT2 (WIPX-DT2)
> 63-3 	43875 	WIPXDT3 	WIPXDT3 (WIPX-DT3)
> 63-4 	43877 	WIPXDT4 	WIPXDT4 (WIPX-DT4)
> 65 	14820 	WDNILP 	WDNILP
> 69-1 	61711 	WDTIDT 	WDTIDT (WDTI-DT)
>
>
> I'm much too lazy to manually add these so I am working on a script to add 
> them to the DB.

No need.  Use the above.

Mike