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bjdacre at gmail

Mar 8, 2010, 3:17 PM

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Tuning mythtv in Dunedin

Hi,

I am running Mythbuntu 9.10 using a Hauppage HVR 1200 dvb-t card. I
have done as much setup as I can guess and I can get TV1, TV2 and TV3 on
a channel scan, but no other freeview channels. I can get analogue
Prime, which I think is UHF, via the aerial I am using.

I am not sure how to proceed from here. How do I enter channel
information manually? I have been into the channel editor and am none
the wiser... (I am obviously a TV and mythtv newbie...)

Thanks.

Brendan

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stephen_agent at jsw

Mar 8, 2010, 4:33 PM

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Re: Tuning mythtv in Dunedin [In reply to]

On Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:17:14 +1300, you wrote:

>Hi,
>
>I am running Mythbuntu 9.10 using a Hauppage HVR 1200 dvb-t card. I
>have done as much setup as I can guess and I can get TV1, TV2 and TV3 on
>a channel scan, but no other freeview channels. I can get analogue
>Prime, which I think is UHF, via the aerial I am using.
>
>I am not sure how to proceed from here. How do I enter channel
>information manually? I have been into the channel editor and am none
>the wiser... (I am obviously a TV and mythtv newbie...)
>
>Thanks.
>
>Brendan

That sounds like you are have the TVNZ and CanWest multiplexes tuned
but are not getting the Kordia multiplex tuned correctly. That is
what I get here in Palmerston North if I try to use rabbits ears. Are
you using a good aerial?

Just using the channel editor will not work if you are trying to add
channels for a multiplex that is not tuned in.

The following presumes that you are using Mythbuntu 9.10. To find out
what multiplexes you have got tuned, you can do a bit of simple SQL.
Cut and paste the following script into a file:

#!/bin/bash

# Run MySQL to access the mythconverg database.

source /etc/mythtv/mysql.txt
mysql -u $DBUserName -p$DBPassword -h $DBHostName $DBName

Chmod it to make it executable. When you run it, you will get a mysql
prompt with Mythtv's mythconverg database open. Then cut and paste
this SQL command (all on one line):

select mplexid,sourceid,transportid,networkid,frequency from
dtv_multiplex;

and you should get something like this:

+---------+----------+-------------+-----------+-----------+
| mplexid | sourceid | transportid | networkid | frequency |
+---------+----------+-------------+-----------+-----------+
| 1 | 1 | 27 | 8746 | 690000000 |
| 2 | 1 | 29 | 8746 | 706000000 |
| 3 | 1 | 33 | 8746 | 778000000 |
+---------+----------+-------------+-----------+-----------+

Then use:

quit;

to exit from MySQL.

If you have not got three multiplexes listed, they are not all tuned
in correctly. The multiplexes are TVNZ (1), CanWest (2) and Kordia
(3). The frequency values may be different for you, and the sourceid
will be whichever source you defined for DVB-T, but I think all the
other numbers are supposed to be the same around New Zealand.

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nick.rout at gmail

Mar 8, 2010, 5:32 PM

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Re: Tuning mythtv in Dunedin [In reply to]

On Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 1:33 PM, Stephen Worthington
<stephen_agent [at] jsw> wrote:
> On Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:17:14 +1300, you wrote:
>
>>Hi,
>>
>>I am running Mythbuntu 9.10 using a Hauppage HVR 1200 dvb-t card. I
>>have done as much setup as I can guess and I can get TV1, TV2 and TV3 on
>>a channel scan, but no other freeview channels. I can get analogue
>>Prime, which I think is UHF, via the aerial I am using.
>>
>>I am not sure how to proceed from here. How do I enter channel
>>information manually? I have been into the channel editor and am none
>>the wiser... (I am obviously a TV and mythtv newbie...)
>>
>>Thanks.
>>
>>Brendan
>
> That sounds like you are have the TVNZ and CanWest multiplexes tuned
> but are not getting the Kordia multiplex tuned correctly. That is
> what I get here in Palmerston North if I try to use rabbits ears. Are
> you using a good aerial?
>
> Just using the channel editor will not work if you are trying to add
> channels for a multiplex that is not tuned in.
>
> The following presumes that you are using Mythbuntu 9.10. To find out
> what multiplexes you have got tuned, you can do a bit of simple SQL.
> Cut and paste the following script into a file:
>
> #!/bin/bash
>
> # Run MySQL to access the mythconverg database.
>
> source /etc/mythtv/mysql.txt
> mysql -u $DBUserName -p$DBPassword -h $DBHostName $DBName
>
> Chmod it to make it executable. When you run it, you will get a mysql
> prompt with Mythtv's mythconverg database open. Then cut and paste
> this SQL command (all on one line):
>
> select mplexid,sourceid,transportid,networkid,frequency from
> dtv_multiplex;
>
> and you should get something like this:
>
> +---------+----------+-------------+-----------+-----------+
> | mplexid | sourceid | transportid | networkid | frequency |
> +---------+----------+-------------+-----------+-----------+
> | 1 | 1 | 27 | 8746 | 690000000 |
> | 2 | 1 | 29 | 8746 | 706000000 |
> | 3 | 1 | 33 | 8746 | 778000000 |
> +---------+----------+-------------+-----------+-----------+
>
> Then use:
>
> quit;
>
> to exit from MySQL.
>
> If you have not got three multiplexes listed, they are not all tuned
> in correctly. The multiplexes are TVNZ (1), CanWest (2) and Kordia
> (3). The frequency values may be different for you, and the sourceid
> will be whichever source you defined for DVB-T, but I think all the
> other numbers are supposed to be the same around New Zealand.

Channel numbers can be found here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freeview_%28New_Zealand%29#Terrestrial_Transmitters
(if that's any help)

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bjdacre at gmail

Mar 8, 2010, 6:11 PM

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Re: Tuning mythtv in Dunedin [In reply to]

Stephen,

Hmmm... This is the result of the query;

+---------+----------+-------------+-----------+-----------+
| mplexid | sourceid | transportid | networkid | frequency |
+---------+----------+-------------+-----------+-----------+
| 1 | 1 | 28 | 8746 | 650000000 |
| 5 | 1 | 33 | 8746 | 730000000 |
| 4 | 1 | 29 | 8746 | 666000000 |
+---------+----------+-------------+-----------+-----------+

It seems I have all 3.

Actually I have been hacking in the interim and have created a nz-MtCargill
file in /usr/share/dvb/dvb-t/ from the Waiatarua one (which was the only NZ
file there) using values I found on the net. Since then I have got channel
100, the HD demo channel.

When I do a channel scan, I get 3 distinct groups of channel locks; one at
ch 43 (4 probable channels but only TV1 and TV2 appear), one at ch 45 (3
probable channels but only TV3 appears) and one at ch 53 (11 probable
channels but only the HD demo channel appears).

I also adjusted the timeouts for playback channel locking in the card setup
section (doubled from 1 sec to 2) and the tuning lock (increased from 2 secs
to 5 secs). This improved the reliability of at least the channel
scanning...

Apparently, some people have a channels.txt file which I have failed to find
on my system. I have seen examples, but none that I would guess would work
in Dunedin, even if I knew where to put it or how to import it...

Thanks for your help so far.

Brendan

On 9 March 2010 13:33, Stephen Worthington <stephen_agent [at] jsw> wrote:

> On Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:17:14 +1300, you wrote:
>
> >Hi,
> >
> >I am running Mythbuntu 9.10 using a Hauppage HVR 1200 dvb-t card. I
> >have done as much setup as I can guess and I can get TV1, TV2 and TV3 on
> >a channel scan, but no other freeview channels. I can get analogue
> >Prime, which I think is UHF, via the aerial I am using.
> >
> >I am not sure how to proceed from here. How do I enter channel
> >information manually? I have been into the channel editor and am none
> >the wiser... (I am obviously a TV and mythtv newbie...)
> >
> >Thanks.
> >
> >Brendan
>
> That sounds like you are have the TVNZ and CanWest multiplexes tuned
> but are not getting the Kordia multiplex tuned correctly. That is
> what I get here in Palmerston North if I try to use rabbits ears. Are
> you using a good aerial?
>
> Just using the channel editor will not work if you are trying to add
> channels for a multiplex that is not tuned in.
>
> The following presumes that you are using Mythbuntu 9.10. To find out
> what multiplexes you have got tuned, you can do a bit of simple SQL.
> Cut and paste the following script into a file:
>
> #!/bin/bash
>
> # Run MySQL to access the mythconverg database.
>
> source /etc/mythtv/mysql.txt
> mysql -u $DBUserName -p$DBPassword -h $DBHostName $DBName
>
> Chmod it to make it executable. When you run it, you will get a mysql
> prompt with Mythtv's mythconverg database open. Then cut and paste
> this SQL command (all on one line):
>
> select mplexid,sourceid,transportid,networkid,frequency from
> dtv_multiplex;
>
> and you should get something like this:
>
> +---------+----------+-------------+-----------+-----------+
> | mplexid | sourceid | transportid | networkid | frequency |
> +---------+----------+-------------+-----------+-----------+
> | 1 | 1 | 27 | 8746 | 690000000 |
> | 2 | 1 | 29 | 8746 | 706000000 |
> | 3 | 1 | 33 | 8746 | 778000000 |
> +---------+----------+-------------+-----------+-----------+
>
> Then use:
>
> quit;
>
> to exit from MySQL.
>
> If you have not got three multiplexes listed, they are not all tuned
> in correctly. The multiplexes are TVNZ (1), CanWest (2) and Kordia
> (3). The frequency values may be different for you, and the sourceid
> will be whichever source you defined for DVB-T, but I think all the
> other numbers are supposed to be the same around New Zealand.
>
> _______________________________________________
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>

stephen_agent at jsw

Mar 8, 2010, 6:47 PM

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Re: Tuning mythtv in Dunedin [In reply to]

On Tue, 9 Mar 2010 15:11:54 +1300, you wrote:

>Stephen,
>
>Hmmm... This is the result of the query;
>
>+---------+----------+-------------+-----------+-----------+
>| mplexid | sourceid | transportid | networkid | frequency |
>+---------+----------+-------------+-----------+-----------+
>| 1 | 1 | 28 | 8746 | 650000000 |
>| 5 | 1 | 33 | 8746 | 730000000 |
>| 4 | 1 | 29 | 8746 | 666000000 |
>+---------+----------+-------------+-----------+-----------+
>
>It seems I have all 3.
>
>Actually I have been hacking in the interim and have created a nz-MtCargill
>file in /usr/share/dvb/dvb-t/ from the Waiatarua one (which was the only NZ
>file there) using values I found on the net. Since then I have got channel
>100, the HD demo channel.
>
>When I do a channel scan, I get 3 distinct groups of channel locks; one at
>ch 43 (4 probable channels but only TV1 and TV2 appear), one at ch 45 (3
>probable channels but only TV3 appears) and one at ch 53 (11 probable
>channels but only the HD demo channel appears).
>
>I also adjusted the timeouts for playback channel locking in the card setup
>section (doubled from 1 sec to 2) and the tuning lock (increased from 2 secs
>to 5 secs). This improved the reliability of at least the channel
>scanning...
>
>Apparently, some people have a channels.txt file which I have failed to find
>on my system. I have seen examples, but none that I would guess would work
>in Dunedin, even if I knew where to put it or how to import it...
>
>Thanks for your help so far.
>
>Brendan

OK, that looks valid. I am guessing that you have tried tuning more
than once, which might be why the mplexid values are not 1, 2 and 3.
Your mplexid values seem to be:
1 = TVNZ multiplex
4 = CanWest multiplex
5 = Kordia multiplex

Here is an SQL query to see what your channel table looks like:

select
chanid,channum,freqid,sourceid,callsign,name,xmltvid,mplexid,serviceid
from channel order by chanid;

(Again, all one line). Here is the result of that query on my channel
table, except I have deleted all my Sky channels to just leave the
DVB-T ones:

+--------+---------+--------+----------+-------------------+-----------------------+---------------------------------+---------+-----------+
| chanid | channum | freqid | sourceid | callsign | name | xmltvid | mplexid | serviceid |
+--------+---------+--------+----------+-------------------+-----------------------+---------------------------------+---------+-----------+
| 1001 | 1 | 48 | 1 | TV ONE | TV ONE | tv1.freeviewnz.tv | 1 | 1200 |
| 1002 | 2 | 48 | 1 | TV2 | TV2 | tv2.freeviewnz.tv | 1 | 1201 |
| 1003 | 3 | 50 | 1 | TV3 | TV3 | tv3.freeviewnz.tv | 2 | 1300 |
| 1004 | 4 | 50 | 1 | C4 | C4 | c4.freeviewnz.tv | 2 | 1301 |
| 1005 | 5 | 59 | 1 | Maori Television | Maori Television | maori-tv.freeviewnz.tv | 3 | 1400 |
| 1006 | 6 | 48 | 1 | TVNZ 6 | TVNZ 6 | tvnz6.freeviewnz.tv | 1 | 1202 |
| 1007 | 7 | 48 | 1 | TVNZ 7 | TVNZ 7 | tvnz7.freeviewnz.tv | 1 | 1203 |
| 1008 | 8 | 50 | 1 | TV3 PLUS1 | TV3 PLUS1 | tv3-plus1.freeviewnz.tv | 2 | 1302 |
| 1010 | 10 | 59 | 1 | PRIME | PRIME | prime.freeviewnz.tv | 3 | 1404 |
| 1022 | 22 | 59 | 1 | Parliament TV | Parliament TV | parliament.freeviewnz.tv | 3 | 1401 |
| 1028 | 28 | 59 | 1 | ChineseTV | ChineseTV | ctv8.freeviewnz.tv | 3 | 1403 |
| 1050 | 50 | 59 | 1 | Radio NZ National | Radio NZ National | rnz-national.freeviewnz.tv | 3 | 2000 |
| 1051 | 51 | 59 | 1 | Radio NZ Concert | Radio NZ Concert | rnz-concert.freeviewnz.tv | 3 | 2001 |
| 1071 | 71 | 59 | 1 | BaseFM | BaseFM | base-fm.freeviewnz.tv | 3 | 2002 |
| 1100 | 100 | 59 | 1 | Freeview | HD | Freeview | HD | | 3 | 1406 |
| 1242 | 242 | 59 | 1 | Test Channel | Test Channel | | 3 | 1402 |
| 1245 | 245 | 59 | 1 | Reserved 6KSD | Reserved 6KSD | | 3 | 1405 |
| 1700 | 700 | 48 | 1 | Zinwell SSU | Zinwell SSU | | 1 | 1250 |

In this table, the mplexid tells MythTV which of the multiplexes in
the dvb_multiplex table to use. The serviceid tells it which of the
data streams on that multiplex is the channel that is wanted. The
freqid is the channel number of the multiplex. Frequencies and
channel numbers are directly convertible one to the other, so the
freqid value should match the frequency value in the corresponding
dvb_multiplex table row. The channum is the channel number that you
use on your remote to select that channel. The chanid is an internal
identifier used to look up tables in the database. It is also what
appears on the front of the filenames for each recording. I manually
adjusted my channel table to make sure that the chanid and channum
values matched - I have them as 1000 + chanid for the DVB-T channels
and 2000 + chanid for the Sky channels.

You might like to take a look at this thread in our archives:

http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/mythtvnz/417104#417104

to see a bit more about how everything works.

Once you post your channel table data, it should be possible for me to
make a script similar to the channum.sh one in that thread to create a
valid DVB-T only channel table for you.

It would be nice to know what is going wrong with your tuning process
though. It should have found all the channels on the multiplexes.
Once it has a multiplex tuned, there is no reason I can see for it to
only find a few of the channels on that multiplex.

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bjdacre at gmail

Mar 9, 2010, 1:01 AM

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Re: Tuning mythtv in Dunedin [In reply to]

Stephen,

Thanks very much, this is just what I needed. I inserted many of the other
channels from your channel table directly into my channel table and ran
setup (but maybe mythfilldatabase might have done it) and Robert's your
uncle, I can play the channels...

Now my channel table looks this;

+--------+---------+--------+----------+------------------+------------------+--------------------------+---------+-----------+
| chanid | channum | freqid | sourceid | callsign | name
| xmltvid | mplexid | serviceid |
+--------+---------+--------+----------+------------------+------------------+--------------------------+---------+-----------+
| 1001 | 1 | 43 | 1 | TV ONE | TV ONE
| | 1 | 1200 |
| 1002 | 2 | 43 | 1 | TV2 | TV2
| | 1 | 1201 |
| 1003 | 3 | 45 | 1 | TV3 | TV3
| | 4 | 1300 |
| 1004 | 4 | 45 | 1 | C4 | C4
| c4.freeviewnz.tv | 4 | 1301 |
| 1005 | 5 | 53 | 1 | Maori Television | Maori Television
| maori-tv.freeviewnz.tv | 5 | 1400 |
| 1006 | 6 | 43 | 1 | TVNZ 6 | TVNZ 6
| tvnz6.freeviewnz.tv | 1 | 1202 |
| 1007 | 7 | 43 | 1 | TVNZ 7 | TVNZ 7
| tvnz7.freeviewnz.tv | 1 | 1203 |
| 1008 | 8 | 45 | 1 | TV3 PLUS1 | TV3 PLUS1
| tv3-plus1.freeviewnz.tv | 4 | 1302 |
| 1010 | 10 | 53 | 1 | PRIME | PRIME
| prime.freeviewnz.tv | 5 | 1404 |
| 1022 | 22 | 53 | 1 | Parliament TV | Parliament TV
| parliament.freeviewnz.tv | 5 | 1401 |
| 1028 | 28 | 53 | 1 | ChineseTV | ChineseTV
| ctv8.freeviewnz.tv | 5 | 1403 |
| 1100 | 100 | 53 | 1 | Freeview | HD | Freeview | HD
| | 5 | 1406 |
+--------+---------+--------+----------+------------------+------------------+--------------------------+---------+-----------+

Of course, I get no channel information, unlike the auto-tuned channels, and
I still don't know why scanning failed.

There are other problems, but I should probably start new threads for them
after I have had a go at working them out myself...

Thanks again.

Brendan

On 9 March 2010 15:47, Stephen Worthington <stephen_agent [at] jsw> wrote:

> On Tue, 9 Mar 2010 15:11:54 +1300, you wrote:
>
> >Stephen,
> >
> >Hmmm... This is the result of the query;
> >
> >+---------+----------+-------------+-----------+-----------+
> >| mplexid | sourceid | transportid | networkid | frequency |
> >+---------+----------+-------------+-----------+-----------+
> >| 1 | 1 | 28 | 8746 | 650000000 |
> >| 5 | 1 | 33 | 8746 | 730000000 |
> >| 4 | 1 | 29 | 8746 | 666000000 |
> >+---------+----------+-------------+-----------+-----------+
> >
> >It seems I have all 3.
> >
> >Actually I have been hacking in the interim and have created a
> nz-MtCargill
> >file in /usr/share/dvb/dvb-t/ from the Waiatarua one (which was the only
> NZ
> >file there) using values I found on the net. Since then I have got
> channel
> >100, the HD demo channel.
> >
> >When I do a channel scan, I get 3 distinct groups of channel locks; one
> at
> >ch 43 (4 probable channels but only TV1 and TV2 appear), one at ch 45 (3
> >probable channels but only TV3 appears) and one at ch 53 (11 probable
> >channels but only the HD demo channel appears).
> >
> >I also adjusted the timeouts for playback channel locking in the card
> setup
> >section (doubled from 1 sec to 2) and the tuning lock (increased from 2
> secs
> >to 5 secs). This improved the reliability of at least the channel
> >scanning...
> >
> >Apparently, some people have a channels.txt file which I have failed to
> find
> >on my system. I have seen examples, but none that I would guess would
> work
> >in Dunedin, even if I knew where to put it or how to import it...
> >
> >Thanks for your help so far.
> >
> >Brendan
>
> OK, that looks valid. I am guessing that you have tried tuning more
> than once, which might be why the mplexid values are not 1, 2 and 3.
> Your mplexid values seem to be:
> 1 = TVNZ multiplex
> 4 = CanWest multiplex
> 5 = Kordia multiplex
>
> Here is an SQL query to see what your channel table looks like:
>
> select
> chanid,channum,freqid,sourceid,callsign,name,xmltvid,mplexid,serviceid
> from channel order by chanid;
>
> (Again, all one line). Here is the result of that query on my channel
> table, except I have deleted all my Sky channels to just leave the
> DVB-T ones:
>
>
> +--------+---------+--------+----------+-------------------+-----------------------+---------------------------------+---------+-----------+
> | chanid | channum | freqid | sourceid | callsign | name
> | xmltvid | mplexid | serviceid |
>
> +--------+---------+--------+----------+-------------------+-----------------------+---------------------------------+---------+-----------+
> | 1001 | 1 | 48 | 1 | TV ONE | TV ONE
> | tv1.freeviewnz.tv | 1 | 1200 |
> | 1002 | 2 | 48 | 1 | TV2 | TV2
> | tv2.freeviewnz.tv | 1 | 1201 |
> | 1003 | 3 | 50 | 1 | TV3 | TV3
> | tv3.freeviewnz.tv | 2 | 1300 |
> | 1004 | 4 | 50 | 1 | C4 | C4
> | c4.freeviewnz.tv | 2 | 1301 |
> | 1005 | 5 | 59 | 1 | Maori Television | Maori
> Television | maori-tv.freeviewnz.tv | 3 | 1400 |
> | 1006 | 6 | 48 | 1 | TVNZ 6 | TVNZ 6
> | tvnz6.freeviewnz.tv | 1 | 1202 |
> | 1007 | 7 | 48 | 1 | TVNZ 7 | TVNZ 7
> | tvnz7.freeviewnz.tv | 1 | 1203 |
> | 1008 | 8 | 50 | 1 | TV3 PLUS1 | TV3 PLUS1
> | tv3-plus1.freeviewnz.tv | 2 | 1302 |
> | 1010 | 10 | 59 | 1 | PRIME | PRIME
> | prime.freeviewnz.tv | 3 | 1404 |
> | 1022 | 22 | 59 | 1 | Parliament TV | Parliament TV
> | parliament.freeviewnz.tv | 3 | 1401 |
> | 1028 | 28 | 59 | 1 | ChineseTV | ChineseTV
> | ctv8.freeviewnz.tv | 3 | 1403 |
> | 1050 | 50 | 59 | 1 | Radio NZ National | Radio NZ
> National | rnz-national.freeviewnz.tv | 3 | 2000 |
> | 1051 | 51 | 59 | 1 | Radio NZ Concert | Radio NZ
> Concert | rnz-concert.freeviewnz.tv | 3 | 2001 |
> | 1071 | 71 | 59 | 1 | BaseFM | BaseFM
> | base-fm.freeviewnz.tv | 3 | 2002 |
> | 1100 | 100 | 59 | 1 | Freeview | HD | Freeview | HD
> | | 3 | 1406 |
> | 1242 | 242 | 59 | 1 | Test Channel | Test Channel
> | | 3 | 1402 |
> | 1245 | 245 | 59 | 1 | Reserved 6KSD | Reserved 6KSD
> | | 3 | 1405 |
> | 1700 | 700 | 48 | 1 | Zinwell SSU | Zinwell SSU
> | | 1 | 1250 |
>
> In this table, the mplexid tells MythTV which of the multiplexes in
> the dvb_multiplex table to use. The serviceid tells it which of the
> data streams on that multiplex is the channel that is wanted. The
> freqid is the channel number of the multiplex. Frequencies and
> channel numbers are directly convertible one to the other, so the
> freqid value should match the frequency value in the corresponding
> dvb_multiplex table row. The channum is the channel number that you
> use on your remote to select that channel. The chanid is an internal
> identifier used to look up tables in the database. It is also what
> appears on the front of the filenames for each recording. I manually
> adjusted my channel table to make sure that the chanid and channum
> values matched - I have them as 1000 + chanid for the DVB-T channels
> and 2000 + chanid for the Sky channels.
>
> You might like to take a look at this thread in our archives:
>
> http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/mythtvnz/417104#417104
>
> to see a bit more about how everything works.
>
> Once you post your channel table data, it should be possible for me to
> make a script similar to the channum.sh one in that thread to create a
> valid DVB-T only channel table for you.
>
> It would be nice to know what is going wrong with your tuning process
> though. It should have found all the channels on the multiplexes.
> Once it has a multiplex tuned, there is no reason I can see for it to
> only find a few of the channels on that multiplex.
>
> _______________________________________________
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>

tortise at paradise

Mar 9, 2010, 1:24 AM

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Re: Tuning mythtv in Dunedin [In reply to]

----- Original Message -----
From: Brendan Dacre
To: MythTV in NZ
Sent: Tuesday, March 09, 2010 10:01 PM
Subject: Re: [mythtvnz] Tuning mythtv in Dunedin

Stephen,

Thanks very much, this is just what I needed. I inserted many of the other channels from your channel table directly into my
channel table and ran setup (but maybe mythfilldatabase might have done it) and Robert's your uncle, I can play the channels...

Now my channel table looks this;

+--------+---------+--------+----------+------------------+------------------+--------------------------+---------+-----------+
| chanid | channum | freqid | sourceid | callsign | name | xmltvid | mplexid | serviceid |
+--------+---------+--------+----------+------------------+------------------+--------------------------+---------+-----------+
| 1001 | 1 | 43 | 1 | TV ONE | TV ONE | | 1 | 1200 |
| 1002 | 2 | 43 | 1 | TV2 | TV2 | | 1 | 1201 |
| 1003 | 3 | 45 | 1 | TV3 | TV3 | | 4 | 1300 |
| 1004 | 4 | 45 | 1 | C4 | C4 | c4.freeviewnz.tv | 4 | 1301 |
| 1005 | 5 | 53 | 1 | Maori Television | Maori Television | maori-tv.freeviewnz.tv | 5 | 1400 |
| 1006 | 6 | 43 | 1 | TVNZ 6 | TVNZ 6 | tvnz6.freeviewnz.tv | 1 | 1202 |
| 1007 | 7 | 43 | 1 | TVNZ 7 | TVNZ 7 | tvnz7.freeviewnz.tv | 1 | 1203 |
| 1008 | 8 | 45 | 1 | TV3 PLUS1 | TV3 PLUS1 | tv3-plus1.freeviewnz.tv | 4 | 1302 |
| 1010 | 10 | 53 | 1 | PRIME | PRIME | prime.freeviewnz.tv | 5 | 1404 |
| 1022 | 22 | 53 | 1 | Parliament TV | Parliament TV | parliament.freeviewnz.tv | 5 | 1401 |
| 1028 | 28 | 53 | 1 | ChineseTV | ChineseTV | ctv8.freeviewnz.tv | 5 | 1403 |
| 1100 | 100 | 53 | 1 | Freeview | HD | Freeview | HD | | 5 | 1406 |
+--------+---------+--------+----------+------------------+------------------+--------------------------+---------+-----------+

Of course, I get no channel information, unlike the auto-tuned channels, and I still don't know why scanning failed.

There are other problems, but I should probably start new threads for them after I have had a go at working them out myself...

Thanks again.

Brendan

Brendan

FYI the powers that be prefer bottom posting.

See the recent thread "MultiRec Turned Off?" and also http://imagebin.ca/view/9UvXlI-0.html

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tortise at paradise

Mar 9, 2010, 1:24 AM

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Re: Tuning mythtv in Dunedin [In reply to]

stephen_agent at jsw

Mar 9, 2010, 5:01 AM

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Re: Tuning mythtv in Dunedin [In reply to]

On Tue, 9 Mar 2010 22:01:38 +1300, you wrote:

>Stephen,
>
>Thanks very much, this is just what I needed. I inserted many of the other
>channels from your channel table directly into my channel table and ran
>setup (but maybe mythfilldatabase might have done it) and Robert's your
>uncle, I can play the channels...
>
>Now my channel table looks this;
>
>+--------+---------+--------+----------+------------------+------------------+--------------------------+---------+-----------+
>| chanid | channum | freqid | sourceid | callsign | name
>| xmltvid | mplexid | serviceid |
>+--------+---------+--------+----------+------------------+------------------+--------------------------+---------+-----------+
>| 1001 | 1 | 43 | 1 | TV ONE | TV ONE
>| | 1 | 1200 |
>| 1002 | 2 | 43 | 1 | TV2 | TV2
>| | 1 | 1201 |
>| 1003 | 3 | 45 | 1 | TV3 | TV3
>| | 4 | 1300 |
>| 1004 | 4 | 45 | 1 | C4 | C4
>| c4.freeviewnz.tv | 4 | 1301 |
>| 1005 | 5 | 53 | 1 | Maori Television | Maori Television
>| maori-tv.freeviewnz.tv | 5 | 1400 |
>| 1006 | 6 | 43 | 1 | TVNZ 6 | TVNZ 6
>| tvnz6.freeviewnz.tv | 1 | 1202 |
>| 1007 | 7 | 43 | 1 | TVNZ 7 | TVNZ 7
>| tvnz7.freeviewnz.tv | 1 | 1203 |
>| 1008 | 8 | 45 | 1 | TV3 PLUS1 | TV3 PLUS1
>| tv3-plus1.freeviewnz.tv | 4 | 1302 |
>| 1010 | 10 | 53 | 1 | PRIME | PRIME
>| prime.freeviewnz.tv | 5 | 1404 |
>| 1022 | 22 | 53 | 1 | Parliament TV | Parliament TV
>| parliament.freeviewnz.tv | 5 | 1401 |
>| 1028 | 28 | 53 | 1 | ChineseTV | ChineseTV
>| ctv8.freeviewnz.tv | 5 | 1403 |
>| 1100 | 100 | 53 | 1 | Freeview | HD | Freeview | HD
>| | 5 | 1406 |
>+--------+---------+--------+----------+------------------+------------------+--------------------------+---------+-----------+
>
>Of course, I get no channel information, unlike the auto-tuned channels, and
>I still don't know why scanning failed.
>
>There are other problems, but I should probably start new threads for them
>after I have had a go at working them out myself...
>
>Thanks again.
>
>Brendan

That looks OK, but you will still need to fix the xmltvid values for
the channels where it is missing. Otherwise the Guide and EPG will
not work for those channels.

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Mar 9, 2010, 11:00 AM

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On Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 10:24 PM, Tortise <tortise [at] paradise> wrote:
>
>
> Brendan
>
> FYI the powers that be prefer bottom posting.
>
> See the recent thread "MultiRec Turned Off?" and also http://imagebin.ca/view/9UvXlI-0.html
>

Please stop posting twice!

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