[mythtv-users] US Broadcasting bastards

[Michael T. Dean]

On 02/25/2010 11:57 AM, Greg Oliver wrote:
> It seems that channels 8 and 11 (in Dallas) has moved
> programming by 5 minutes while the others remain on-time from 9
> onwards..  Kind of depressing what they are resorting to.
>    

If the listings data is actually wrong, the proper solution is to get it 
fixed.  (The old garbage in/garbage out premise.)

Also, make sure that /all/ of your MythTV-using boxes have the proper 
time set--use NTP on all MythTV systems.  It's possible that you just 
have a single backend whose clock is wrong or whatever.

If the channels are delayed on rebroadcast by your cable provider, 
though, the situation may get more difficult to fix properly.  Using the 
start early/end late times as described in the thread will work, but 
shouldn't be seen as a long-term fix--after all, if the broadcaster is 
currently delaying by 5 minutes, who says they won't sometimes do 4 or 3 
or 2 or 1 minute delays off the posted schedules?  What you see on this 
week's broadcast may not apply to next week's.

If you can verify that the listings are wrong, it may be worth reporting 
the issue through the Schedules Direct web site.  They can pass the 
information to TMS, who can then pressure the broadcasters to fix their 
data.  (But the whole process can take some time.)  Just please make 
sure it's actually bad data--and not misconfiguration on your 
systems--that's the problem.  And it would be nice if you could find out 
if the rebroadcast is significantly delayed from the original OTA 
broadcast, if you're using cable/satellite.)

Mike