[mythtv-users] Where does Myth Backend Setup get its channel list?

Douglas Peale Douglas_Peale at comcast.net
Sun Jul 18 18:09:38 UTC 2010


On 07/18/2010 12:55 AM, Nick Rout wrote:
> On Sun, Jul 18, 2010 at 8:56 AM, Douglas Peale
> <Douglas_Peale at comcast.net> wrote:
>> Where does the channel search for Myth Backend Setup get its channel list?
>> Both "Cable" and "Cable High" have been corrupted on my system since I upgraded to the nightly build of 0.24 several months ago.
>> I have posted this before but got no response, so I'd like to see if I can fix the problem myself.
>>
>> Is this data in a separate data file? or is it hard coded? If so what is the source file?
> 
> I believe from one of two places:
> 
> 1. schedules direct; or
> 
> 2. Scanning the ether and reporting what's there.

Scanning the ether is exactly what is broken right now.

Looks like I did not make myself clear enough.

It is not the list of my channels that is corrupted, it is the list of channel numbers and channel frequencies that channel scan
uses to scan for channels that is broken.

For instance: If I choose to scan for channels and choose "Cable" the list of channels to scan contains only channels 2 through
83. It is not possible to choose channels above 83 to scan. Also if I choose "cable" the stop channel drop down menu starts out
empty instead of showing the highest possible channel like it does for all other selections.
If I choose "Cable High", it shows channel number 78 as the start and 159 for the end, but if I look at the actual list of
channels in the drop down boxes, channels 95, 96, 97, 98, and 99 are missing, so there is no possible way to scan those channels

Given that neither the channel editor, nor mythweb will allow access to (or even show) the subchannel, it is now impossible for
me to add channel 95 which comcast in their endless game of musical channels added about a month ago.

So, if someone would give me a clue where the channel frequency table is that MythBackendSetup uses to scan for channels, I
would very much appreciate it.


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