[mythtv-users] 0.25: since 10 days PVR-500 fails to tune?

Jos Hoekstra joshoekstra at gmx.net
Wed Jun 1 00:06:58 UTC 2011


Op 31-5-2011 21:53, Herman Kuiper schreef:
>> If this is just in Live TV, go into mythtv-setup and set the channel to
>> tune.  If this happens with regular recordings,
>> http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/264034#264034
>
> I'm pretty sure I've followed all steps there (I even deleted all 
> capture cards), except for one bit: I'm based in the Netherlands, and 
> a channel scan resulted in no channels (as the cable companies over 
> here do not use any of the "fixed" channels, but specific frequencies) 
> and the "fetch channels" didn't do anything (the text is a bit 
> ambiguous what to do as non-USA analog source user).
>
> So I added the channels by hand, and filled in the frequencies which 
> were there before.
>
> End of story: same symptoms - LiveTV just returns, recordings fail 
> (regular related log fragments attached).
>
> Any other ideas on what is wrong?
>
>     Herman
>
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It's kinda late, but I never used the channelscanner in the past, I 
always handprovided either frequencies or channel numbers like E5 and so on.

Setting up myth with a PVRxx0 in the netherlands using analog cable 
would be something like this:
Install the xmltv-package.
Get an alternative grabber for your listings from:
http://code.google.com/p/tvgrabnlpy/
symlink the script you downloaded above to tv_grab_nl in /usr/bin(where 
the other grabbers live)
configure the grabber per above page
Start mythtv-setup and configure a new listing called something like TVGids
Use the configuration you made above and connect it to your PVR.
After running mythfilldatabase for the first time you can then connect 
the frequencies to the channels via:
http://<insert-hostname>/mythweb/settings/tv/channels
After this you should be good to go.

I've never seen this error, but have mostly been upgrading older 
installs and fixing little errors after re-installments.

Good luck,

Jos Hoekstra


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