[mythtv-users] Trouble setting up Comcast channels in Mythtv

[Whitney England]

I recently moved and now have Comcast cable. I get ~80 SD channels and an
handful of local broadcast networks in HD.  I don't have a STB or anything,
just cable straight from the wall.  My HDTV's built-in tuner picks up all
the channels just fine, but when I try to get them in Mythtv the trouble
begins.

When I scan for channels in mythtv-setup, it finds and adds all channels,
but when I try to watch live tv I can only get a LAMc partial lock on the SD
channels, while the HD locals tune just fine.  I remember reading somewhere
that the lowercase c means the channel is encrypted -- but I know I should
be able to get unencrypted ones, since my TV's tuner can find them.
Also,the channel scan produces scads of conflicting channels that have to be
ignored or added manually.  Could the correct unencrypted channels be among
those?  I've never tried using Mythtv with cable before, so I'm clueless
here.  Any help would be deeply appreciated.

Vital statistics: Mythbuntu 10.04, Mythtv 0.23-fixes, pcHDTV HD-5500.
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://mythtv.org/pipermail/mythtv-users/attachments/20100604/5d5970fb/attachment.htm>