[mythtv-users] Fwd: Some HDHomeRun Channels Don't Show

[Fred Squires]

On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 5:07 PM, <moodyjunk at frontiernet.net> wrote:
>>Having a # symbol in the channel number means MythTV was unable to find
>>the information in the stream it needed to properly assign a channel
>>number and callsign to the channel.
>
> Sorry, I wasn't clear on my question.  hdhomerun_config returns 5 (1..5) streams for channel 81, which I assumed (perhaps incorrectly) are 81.1, 81.2, .. 81.5, with 81.1 being WNET and 81.2 being WPIX as shown by hdhomerun_config.  However MythTV channel editor shows 81#1 which I assumed was 81.1=WNET, but is actually recording 81.2=WPIX.  I can not find a 81#* stream which is (as reported by hdhomerun_config) 81.1=WNET.  So, I correlate the hdhomerun reported data with the MythTV reported data.
>
> Jerry

The channel number that the TV shows you and the channel number that a
network is actually broadcast on can actually be different.

Here Fox 45 which shows up on my TV and in MythTV as 45.1 is actually
broadcast on channel 46. So when MythTV scans for channels it finds
Fox 45 on channel 46, and Fox 45 says I'm supposed to show up as
station 45.1, so that's where MythTV lists it.

What you're seeing is a station that either isn't reporting what
channel it should be shown on or is too weak for MythTV to get that
information before it times out. So your 81#1 is probably 81.2, and
your 81#2 could be any channel, you'll just have to watch them to
figure it out.

Fred