[mythtv-users] Summary of external channel changing help

[Jim Morton]

On 10/26/2010 4:30 PM, Andy wrote:
> Hi people
>
> I'm using mythbuntu(0.23) 10.04 using an external Ir Changer. I have 
> had a previous install of mythtv but my channel changing script no 
> longer seems to work with the last ubuntu install as it seems that 
> mythbuntu is no longer sending the script
>
> I've search online and there seems to be a lot of old advice, some 
> which is  applicable - Could people recommend to me some of the better 
> posts as I've run out of ideas ...
>
> So far I know
>
>    1. The script is excuting with the right permission/path
>    2. There is no channel being passed to the script from mythtv
>    3. My channels numbers and names are set up correctly in mythtv.(if
>       i disable the change channel command, the channel information is
>       correct and correlates with the information which should be there
>
> Thanks for any help
>
> Andy
>
>   1.
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>
>
You don't say what it is that you are changing the channel on...

I used this with great success - 
http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/dish-change-channel-lirc.sh
but I am controlling a Dish STB.

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  Jim Morton