I'm running R5.5 and having trouble with adding or deleting satellite channels from the Input Source which is my PVR-150 card.
Sorry, this may get long, but I want to be clear about the problem and what I've tried thus far. Put on your Sherlock Holmes hats!
I use the s-video input of a PVR-150 card to record video from my Directv receiver. After getting it set up and tweaked, it works fine. I use it to watch financial programs on CNBC every day.
I have my list of desired satellite channels in my Schedules Direct account. I deleted over 1/2 of the channels from my SD lineup so I would not have to waste time each day downloading data for channels I don't want to watch.
Recenetly, I wanted to make a few channel additions and deletions.
I can't acomplish either task! I'd like help figuring out why.
Satellite channels on Directv start around 75 and go up to 1000. Your local tv market channels (over the Directv system) are all down below 75. I had noticed that my local channels of 2, 4, 5, 9, 11, etc, were in my channel lineup because they were on Directv. I wanted to delete these channel numbers because I get those channels over the air with a pcHDTV HD-3000 card. I tried to do this in Mythweb. I looked at the channel list (clicked the Settings button, chose TV and then Channel Info) and clicked the boxes in the Delete column of the channels I wanted removed. I then clicked SAVE at the bottom of the screen. When the Channel List screen refreshed, the chosen channels were gone, as desired.
The next day the deleted channels were back in the list! I've tried deleting those local channels several times and have never succeeded. They always come back!
In the last month, I wanted to add a few channels from the satellite that I didn't have in the list previously.
Before trying to add new channels I made a Knoppmyth Backup. I started by allowing those channels in my Schedules Direct channel lineup. I then went to the Mythtv setup screens. I used ALT-2 to take down the back end. I used ALT-S to bring up the setup screens. I went to Video Sources and then picked Directv (my input for Directv channels). I thought I could add satellite channels like I did 18 months ago. I selected Schedules Direct as my listings grabber, chose Directv Linup as my Data Direct lineup and then clicked on the Retrieve Lineups button. When it was done, I hit ESC and went back to the Mythtv Setup Menu. I chose Channel Editor to see if my newly desired channels were added. They were NOT. I do not understand how they could come back after being deleted?!
Next, I decided to see if deleting all the Directv channels and re-adding them would fix this. So, in that same Channel Editor screen, I selected the Directv channels and hit the DELETE CHANNELS button. They were deleted. So, I went back to the Video Sources choice in the Mythtv Setup Menu and chose the Directv source. As before, I selected Schedules Direct as my listings grabber, chose Directv Linup as my Data Direct lineup and then clicked on the Retrieve Lineups button. When it was done, I hit ESC and went back to the Mythtv Setup Menu. I chose Channel Editor to see if my newly desired channels in my Schedules Direct list were added.
They were NO channels listed under the Directv Video Source! It didn't add ANY channels using the Schedules Direct list?! At this point, my satellite viewing was destroyed! So, I restored my Knoppmyth backup and all my satellite channels were restored.
So, that is where I am now. I can't delete satellite channels (unless I delete them ALL) and I can't add satellite channels. I don't know how to get around this.
I'm pretty sure the outlined methods are the ones I used to add satellite channels into Mythtv 18 months ago. I don't understand why it doesn't work now! Could my database file be locked somehow?
Help appreciated,
Eric