Mythtv users + Comcast subscribers

[Greg Rundlett]

On Fri, May 29, 2009 at 9:26 PM, Christopher Rutter
<christopherrutter at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Very interesting...
> I've been trying to get my MythTV setup off the ground and the reason for my
> procrastination has been this (getting my channel lineup configured).  I
> have a HDHomeRun connected to comcast basic cable (no boxes), I read on the
> SilconDust forums [1] a while back that someone has figured out a way to get
> the lineup from SilconDust's resources website [2], I never pursude it
> because I thought it was a sloppy solution, and a few people on the forums
> said to avoid it if possible.
>
> After re-reading the forum thread it looks like SilconDust has built an API
> for their lineup server [3], so that we might be able to use that instead of
> the python scripts.
>
> Just curious Greg, are you using a HDHR?

Yes

> Anyone out there using a HDHR? If so have you tried setting up your channel
> lineup using this solution [1]? or the solution Greg mentioned? Results?

I haven't seen the python script before, so I haven't tried that.

With the new project I mentioned, it looks like they are trying to
integrate that with with the HDHomeRun.  When I initially tried
scte65scan-0.2.1 it failed to generate anything for a table listing.
Even though I just bought the HDHomeRun, at this point I figured I
should check the firmware version.

$ hdhomerun_config FFFFFFFF get /sys/version
20080427

What?! It's over a year old.  That could definitely be causing some
problems with the new channel magic.

Get the firmware at http://www.silicondust.com/downloads/linux
e.g. wget http://download.silicondust.com/hdhomerun/hdhomerun_atsc_firmware_20090415.bin
hdhomerun_config discover (to get the DEVICE_ID)
hdhomerun_config DEVICE_ID upgrade
~/Documents/hdhomerun_atsc_firmware_20090415.bin

Now when I run scte, I get results
./scte65scan -H 1015C390 -p -v -f2
us-Cable-Standard-center-frequencies-QAM256 > tables.csv

There is even one VCT_ID that gives about 80 channels. (I receive
about 80 clear QAM channels with Comcast Digital Starter in
Newburyport, MA.) But, they don't match up with what I've found
manually :-(

So, at this point I'm going to install MythWeb - because I've read
that it's a lot easier to edit the channels in that interface -- and
edit the channels manually.

p.s. Wow, the Mythweb interface is SO much better than the "onscreen"
channel editor instructions for editing channel info.  I'm going to
make that note on the MythTV site wiki

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