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

Douglas Peale Douglas_Peale at comcast.net
Wed Jul 21 23:01:22 UTC 2010


On 07/18/2010 11:09 AM, Douglas Peale wrote:
> 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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I could really use an answer to this question. Comcast just added 12 subchannels to channel 99, and because of this bug I can
not add them to my lineup.


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