SageTV recording the wrong channel

[drewg]

I have a *very* bizarre problem. I have 3 digital tuners (adapter 4,5,6). Of them, 4 & 6 share a lineup. SageTV seems to prefer adapter6. I record over the air.

On Thurs nights, the scheduler does this:

8pm -> 9pm
adapter4: FlashFoward on 11.1 (11-11-1)
adapter6: Bones on 50.1 (49-50-1)

9pm -> 10pm
adapter4: Fringe on 50.1 (49-50-1)
adapter6: The Office on 17.1 (17-17-1)

10pm -> 11pm:
Adapter6: The Mentalist on 5.1 (48-5-1)

Two weeks ago, and again last night, Fringe recorded on 50.3 rather than 50.1. This means I have the show in horrible you-tube like 480i, rather than 720p. According to SageTV, it *thinks* it recorded it on 50.1. Last week, I juggled priorities so that Fringe was recorded on Adapter6, and everything worked well.

The strange thing is that I don't even have 50.3 checked in the lineup. I uncheck these stupid SD mirrors to prevent the scheduler from recording on them.

In channel setup for both tuners, 50.1 is correct (49-50-1).

Does anybody have any ideas what I can do to fix this? This is the kind of bug that makes we want to go back to mythtv..

Drew

ps: here is a snippet from the log:

Thu 11/19 21:00:00.241 Seeker.startRecord(adapter4 A[1028652,1028608,"Fringe",24115@1119.21:00,60], currTime=Thu 11/19 21:00:00.000) currRecord=null switch=false
Thu 11/19 21:00:00.241 Setting up MMC video for recording new show & tuning channel conn=adapter4 Digital TV Tuner
Thu 11/19 21:00:00.242 Using quality setting "Great" for recording
Thu 11/19 21:00:00.242 VideoStorage for new file: /var/media/tv - Use All
Thu 11/19 21:00:00.460 MediaFile created subfile:/var/media/tv/Fringe-August-1028652-0.mpg MediaFile[id=1046232 A[1028652,1028608,"Fringe",24115@1119.21:00,60] host=thunder encodedBy=adapter4 WRAZDT format=MPEG2-PS 0:00:00 0 kbps []]
Thu 11/19 21:00:00.461 Added:MediaFile[id=1046232 A[1028652,1028608,"Fringe",24115@1119.21:00,60] host=thunder encodedBy=adapter4 WRAZDT format=MPEG2-PS 0:00:00 0 kbps [] /var/media/tv/Fringe-August-1028652-0.mpg, Seg0[Thu 11/19 21:00:00.242-Wed 12/31 19:00:00.000]]
Thu 11/19 21:00:00.462 Seeker channel string=49-50-1
Thu 11/19 21:00:00.462 startEncoding for DVB capture device file=/var/media/tv/Fringe-August-1028652-0.mpg chan=49-50-1
Thu 11/19 21:00:00.463 DVB: Channel:49-50-1.
Thu 11/19 21:00:01.095 DVB tuning locked
Thu 11/19 21:00:01.096 DVB SetEncoding
Thu 11/19 21:00:01.096 DVB: setup encoding /var/media/tv/Fringe-August-1028652-0.mpg.
Thu 11/19 21:00:01.096 Starting DVB capture thread
Thu 11/19 21:00:01.105 Change in record to another show. Entering device record mode. - NOW
Thu 11/19 21:00:01.105 Seeker.startRecord(adapter6 A[1028436,1028415,"The Office",21239@1119.21:00,30], currTime=Thu 11/19 21:00:00.000) currRecord=null switch=false
Thu 11/19 21:00:01.105 Setting up MMC video for recording new show & tuning channel conn=adapter6 Digital TV Tuner
Thu 11/19 21:00:01.105 Using quality setting "Great" for recording
Thu 11/19 21:00:01.105 VideoStorage for new file: /var/media/tv - Use All
Thu 11/19 21:00:01.154 MediaFile created subfile:/var/media/tv/TheOffice-ShareholdersMeeting-1028436-0.mpg MediaFile[id=1046233 A[1028436,1028415,"The Office",21239@1119.21:00,30] host=thunder encodedBy=adapter6 WNCNDT format=MPEG2-PS 0:00:00 0 kbps []]
Thu 11/19 21:00:01.159 Setting media file format for MediaFile[id=1046232 A[1028652,1028608,"Fringe",24115@1119.21:00,60] host=thunder encodedBy=adapter4 WRAZDT format=MPEG2-PS 0:00:00 0 kbps [] /var/media/tv/Fringe-August-1028652-0.mpg, Seg0[Thu 11/19 21:00:00.242-Wed 12/31 19:00:00.000]] to be [B@55965596
Thu 11/19 21:00:01.210 Added:MediaFile[id=1046233 A[1028436,1028415,"The Office",21239@1119.21:00,30] host=thunder encodedBy=adapter6 WNCNDT format=MPEG2-PS 0:00:00 0 kbps [] /var/media/tv/TheOffice-ShareholdersMeeting-1028436-0.mpg, Seg0[Thu 11/19 21:00:01.105-Wed 12/31 19:00:00.000]]
Thu 11/19 21:00:01.268 Seeker channel string=17-17-1
Thu 11/19 21:00:01.268 startEncoding for DVB capture device file=/var/media/tv/TheOffice-ShareholdersMeeting-1028436-0.mpg chan=17-17-1
Thu 11/19 21:00:01.268 DVB: Channel:17-17-1.
Thu 11/19 21:00:01.824 DVB tuning locked
Thu 11/19 21:00:01.824 DVB SetEncoding
Thu 11/19 21:00:01.824 DVB: setup encoding /var/media/tv/TheOffice-ShareholdersMeeting-1028436-0.mpg.
Thu 11/19 21:00:01.824 Starting DVB capture thread

[lotusvball]

I had a similar problem. It ended up for me that the name of the channels was different then what was on Zap2it. Now I use an HDHR so I am not sure that this will be your problem. As soon as I made sure all the names were the same it started to record on the correct channels.

[drewg]

Originally Posted by lotusvball

I had a similar problem. It ended up for me that the name of the channels was different then what was on Zap2it. Now I use an HDHR so I am not sure that this will be your problem. As soon as I made sure all the names were the same it started to record on the correct channels.

I don't *think* that's the problem -- the two tuners share a lineup, and I've never seen the problem when recording from Adapter6. But, just in case, how do I check the names? Eg, how do I know what Zap2IT has? In my case, SageTV has this in adapter{4,6}-ATSC.frq (the adapter4 and 6 files are identical):

CH:16 major:50 minor:1 prog:3 phy:49 frq:683000000 #:WRAZ-HD
CH:17 major:50 minor:2 prog:4 phy:49 frq:683000000 #:RTN
CH:18 major:50 minor:3 prog:5 phy:49 frq:683000000 #:WRAZ-2

My guide (via the nielm web server) has the stations as:
50-1 - WRAZDT
50-2 - WRAZDT2
50-3 - WRAZDT3

The Zap2It web site has:
50.1 WRAZDT
50.2 WRAZDT2
50.3 WRAZDT3

Drew