[ubuntu-us-mi] ubuntu-us-mi Digest, Vol 31, Issue 11

[Todd DeLand]

I thought I read somewhere that soon comcast will stop broadcasting most of
their channels in clear qam. Only the basic limited package will be
broadcast. Anyone else know more info about this?

-Todd DeLand
www.todddeland.com


On Sat, Mar 27, 2010 at 2:41 PM, robert Larson <dewmanstl at gmail.com> wrote:

> Tony / Clay
>
> Thanks for getting back. I dont know if you want me to respond here on
> the list with what I have  or email you directly.
>
> Here is a rundown of the issues that I am having.
>
> 1. Channel scanning on qam64 qam256 seems to work but it drops audio
> channels over the video channels. ( channel mapping) I can get the
> qam256 channels ok (as these are mostly the locals) (qam64 is another
> story)
>
> 2. Since I am having issues with the qams would it be better to try to
> create a channels.conf file? (not sure how I would do this) Lots of
> people creating them but I haven't found much on how to do it or what
> the format would look like.
>
> 3. I have tried to use w_scan but the response that I got back from
> the original dev that wrote it he states that qam64 isnt supported
> yet.
>
> 4. It seems that everytime I do a scan the program seems to report
> that there are conflicting channels and I have to add them manually or
> use the suggested channel number, (which I think is a complete pile of
> poo-poo)
>
> Current version of Mythbuntu is 9.10 running mythtv .23 latest version
> of weekly build of trunk
> Using Schedules Direct
>
> As a side note the channel scanning didn't work very well in .22
> either for me thats why I upgraded to .23
>
> Other item is that I am not using Comcast or Charter. I am using TVC,
> Small outfit right here in Lennon.
>
> Is there a blindscan tool that I could use that might help with this
> that anyone knows of?
>
>
> Let me know if these questions are a little to much for the list and
> we can email directly.
>
>
> Thanks!
>
> Rob Larson
>
> >
> > Message: 7
> > Date: Sat, 27 Mar 2010 08:54:48 -0400
> > From: Clay Ashby <kingpoiuy at gmail.com>
> > Subject: Re: [ubuntu-us-mi] Quick Question
> > To: Ubuntu Michigan Local Community Team
> >        <ubuntu-us-mi at lists.ubuntu.com>
> > Message-ID:
> >        <b12096681003270554o7c7e952au7f1eb74befe3dd7e at mail.gmail.com>
> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
> >
> > I used it for a couple of years. I just removed it cause I installed a
> raid
> > 5. I'm not sure if i'm going back to it or not. What questions do you
> have?
> >
> > On Fri, Mar 26, 2010 at 10:32 PM, robert Larson <dewmanstl at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> >> Hi There.
> >>
> >> I was just wondering if anyone on this mailing list is using mythtv or
> >> Mythbuntu?
> >>
> >> I just wanted to see if there was someone that I could touch base with
> >> while I try to get my system up and going. I know I can hit the
> >> mythbuntu mailing list ( have tried that once to many times i think
> >> because I am no longer getting responses.) (or maybe I just asked the
> >> "wrong" questions.
> >>
> >> Thanks!
> >>
> >> Rob Larson
> >>
> >> --
> >> insert witty comment here
> >>
> >> --
>
> > --
>
> >
> > Message: 12
> > Date: Sat, 27 Mar 2010 13:46:18 -0400
> > From: Tony Bemus <tony at bemushosting.com>
> > Subject: Re: [ubuntu-us-mi] Quick Question
> > To: Ubuntu Michigan Local Community Team
> >        <ubuntu-us-mi at lists.ubuntu.com>
> > Message-ID: <1269711978.2396.1.camel at bemus-tony>
> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"
> >
> > I'm using Mythtv with LinuxMCE,  If you have some config file question
> > or general question I should be able to help you.
> >
> > Tony
> >
>
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