[mythtv-users] Problems testing my card.

Eppo Eppleston eppo120 at gmail.com
Mon Jan 26 00:39:38 UTC 2009


On Sun, Jan 25, 2009 at 7:21 PM, Kevin J. Cummings <
cummings at kjchome.homeip.net> wrote:

> Phil Bridges wrote:
>
>> You don't want to scan for ATSC channels if you're connected to the
>> cable - you want to scan for QAM channels.
>>
>
> Incorrect statement.  ATSC includes both QAM and 8VSB (which is the OTA
> encoding).  You probably mean that he doesn't want to scan for 8VSB, but for
> QAM instead.
>
> But, I cannot find any information from the OP (except his vague ATSC
> reference) on *where* he is on order to advise him on possible protocols to
> check for....
>
>  If you do want to scan for cable channels, try bypassing your converter
>> box.
>>
>
> Do we know what the output of his convert box is?  Analog or digital?
> (Is he trying to plug an analog input into a digital encoder card?)
> If his cable is encoded, is it worth trying to scan it directly for
> channels?  It will tell him which channels are available, and also which are
> encoded.
>
> If he is scanning for channels at the output of his convert box, he won't
> find any (will he?)  What *is* the output of his converter box?
> (Sorry, I'm repeating myself.)
>

i dont think you want to scan for channels. you want to fetch channel
listings.
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