[H-GEN] mythtv and channel 9

[Peter Robinson]

Thanks for the suggestions. I managed to get things working again 
(partially by fluke).
Here is what I did in case someone finds it useful.

On Ubuntu Lucid  ( need to get dvb-apps)
1. mkdir .tzap
2. scan /usr/share/dvb/dvb-t/au-Brisbane > .tzap/channels.conf
3. Test by:
    a. in one window: tzap -r -c .tzap/channels.conf "Nine Digital"   
(or whatever channel you want to test - get the  name from channels.conf
    b. in another window: mplayer /dev/dvb/adapter0/dvr0
That picked up Ch 9 for me (which was the problem) and so gave me some 
vague confidence.
4. start MythTV Backend Setup
5. Go to Channel Editor
6. By experiment I think I needed to do this: go to Edit Transports and 
choose each and press the 'd' to delete - you should be left with (New 
Transport)
7. Go back on level (Esc) and choose Channel Scan - for Scan Type choose 
Import channels.conf and
give the channels.conf from step 2 (I used the full path)
8. Exit the backend and test on the frontend.

I first tried it without deleting the old transports and that didn't 
work so it seems step 6 was necessary for me.

Now I can record next Sunday's Sherlock Holmes and watch it later with 
the ads removed :)

Peter



On 18/10/10 12:57, Johann Kwiatkowski wrote:
> Hi Peter,
> I have the same running on a ubuntu system, and don't have many 
> issues. I think the only issues I have noticed is that recording from 
> both tuners at the same time affects the recorded quality, and I 
> haven't managed to setup the remote.
>
> I would suggest that either the channel listing isn't setup properly 
> or you aren't getting enough signal. Have you got another way to test 
> the signal on a tv?
>
> regards
>
> Johann
>
>
>
>
>
> On 18/10/2010, at 12:50 PM, Peter Robinson wrote:
>
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>> It's a DViCO FusionHDTV Dual (I believe). I use a pretty good 
>> external aerial although the coax could be better but there is 
>> nothing I can really do about that. I think I once was able to get 
>> channel 9 but I can't remember - I rarely record it - it was only 
>> Sherlock Holmes v. Poirot last night - I had to watch Holmes live and 
>> record Poirot and suffer through the ads :(
>>
>>
>> On 18/10/10 12:11, Mark Ellem wrote:
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>>> Hi Peter,
>>>
>>> What model of TV tuner is it? Also, what aerial have you got 
>>> connected to it? Partial lock would indicate a signal issue 
>>> (interference etc.).
>>>
>>> Another question, have you been able to access channel 9 on this 
>>> setup previously? When?
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Mark.
>>>
>>> On 18/10/2010, at 11:14 AM, Peter Robinson wrote:
>>>
>>>
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>>>> I can't view channel 9 on mythtv - it does a partial lock but never 
>>>> gets a lock. The signal strength looks the same as other channels. 
>>>> I didn't get any satisfaction googling. Any thoughts?
>>>>
>>>> Peter
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