the only thing the zap2it download looks at is the xmlid, so as long as you delete the old entries it will fill the channels no matter what the channel name is.

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I just changed the channum for a channel I receive from 2_1 to 21, and I still can't watch it live. Is there maybe more to it than just changing the channum column?

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don't know didn't used to be, but like I said I haven't been following the development that closely lately.

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Try this

------------- start mysql from command line ----

use mythconverg;
update cardinput set startchan="2_1";

And leave the channel number to 2_1 in the channel table.
Let me know if it works. Atleast this is how its working for me.

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this is how i found about the liveTV using startchan from cardinput table. This is not same as the DefaultTVChannel. I think its something unqiue (bug?) to the DVB drivers only. Or possibly not very visible during the myth setup. The default channel 3 is quite visible in page 1 or 2. But this startchan (for DVB) is not easily visible.

---- this was in the mysql log file everytime I try to watch live TV ---

Query SELECT if(startchan!='', startchan, '3') FROM capturecard,cardinput WHERE inputname = 'DVBInput' AND capturecard.cardid = 1 AND capturecard.cardid = cardinput.cardid

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Since I like to start with CBS (5_1) when I turn on the TV. I've added this line in my /etc/default/mythtv-backend file
mysql -D mythconverg -e "update cardinput set startchan='5_1'"

This makes sure that 5_1 is tuned as soon as backend starts running. Then if it has to switch to recording mode to a different channel, it can do it.

Thanks

Mudit

Someone in this topic asked if the analog tuner on the HD3000 is able to tune NTSC. The answer is that yes, it does, and it does fine at it. The HD3000 has two modes of operation. 1) Analog and 2) Digital.

The video4linux stuff detects the analog mode and sets up an interface for that on /dev/video0 or /dev/video1 or so forth depending on what tuner number it is. There are only two small problems with this analog tuner:
1) it is not compatible with the btaudio driver, so the analog audio has to come in via the sound card if you want it recorded.
2) The hue needs to be adjusted. I saw someone say that they got it to work but the picture was all green. Try adjusting the hue. Both this card and my other analog card work fine when the hue is set to 0% but look awful at 50% which is forever reason, the default setting for both tvtime and mythtv.

The DVB stuff (if you have appropriate drivers, such as the ones in a 2.6.12 kernel) will detect the digital mode and set up an interface to it at /dev/dvb/adapter0 or /dev/dvb/adapter1 or so forth. This digital interface can then be used in either ATSC or QAM mode by mythTV depending on whether you've got it hooked up to an antenna or a cable.

However, although there are two listed devices, only one mode of the card can be used at any given time since it actually only has one tuner and one analog-to-digital converter.

Keith

Well, it appears as though my HD3000 has gone bad. Everything was working fine and then now when the machine boots I get an error that the card is not recognized. I've searched on pcHDTV.com and found that my subvendor ID is not correct. I'm contacting them to get a new card since this one is only 3 weeks old.

The replacement is on it's way. Great support from pcHDTV.

For some reason when I run DVB_fixer.sh it doesn't work for all the channels. If not a coder so I don't know if this is possible, but it sure would be nice if when the script comes across an entry that it isn't able to match, it asks the user for a manual match.

For some reason in the Boise area, KNINDT is listed as KNINDT in the channel scan and KNINDT (KNIN-DT) in the zap2it channel listing so they aren't matching up in the script.

Thanks again for the script Human, it sure saves a lot of time.

TheRooster

The pcHDTV card works in NTSC mode out of the box with a 2.6.12+ kernel. Just load the right modules and you're good to go. You might have to run tvtime twice to get the audio to sound normal. You might also have to crank the hue all the way up if everything appears green. Another downside is my cable channels 61-62 are interfered by i guess HDTV freqs and I suppose this could be solved by an rf filter but then you wouldn't get HD channels. Yes, I'm talking qam.

Loading the cx8800 module appears to load all the others needed for NTSC. Then fire up whatever tv app you use. tvtime is my fav

Anyone make any progress with a utility that will let you see the signal strength using the DVB drivers? I know that you could use a utility when you used the pcHDTV drivers but I'm using the built-in DVB support in KnoppMyth 16.1. I really want to run the utility and make adjustments to the antenna to get the best possible signal strength.

There's a post somewhere, you'll have to search for it as I don't really have the time right now. I think it is in a publicly viewable section, but if you can't find it let me know, it talks about some modules you can unload then load others then you can use the same signal utility you did under the old drivers to get your antenna right then reboot and let everything come back up normal.

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I've seen the one you're talking about. You unload the DVB drivers and load the ATSC drivers then run that utility. I guess I'll have to try that when I get my newer bigger antenna.

Thanks,
Nick

Hmm! That pattern should have matched properly. Email me your original dumped table (/root/tmp/unaltered_channel.txt) to the email address I list in the DVB_fixer.sh script, and I'll take a look.

This script reminds me of the 90/10 rule - 90% coverage takes 10% of the time, and the final 10% of coverage takes 90% of the time

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