OpenDCT: Not tuning a channel from HDHR-CC

[mgpaulus]

Hi,

I have a couple of HDHR-CC that haven't had any problems with OpenDCT for a while now. However, recently, I've noticed that channel 711 - CBS HD on my Xfinity network is not being able to be tuned. When I've watched the logs, I can see this error:

22:34:21.955 [SageTVRequestHandler-152CT-HDHomeRun Prime Tuner 1321411B-1] INFO HDHRNativeCaptureDevice - Starting the encoding for the channel '711' from the device 'DCT-HDHomeRun Prime Tuner 1321411B-1' to the file 'd:\Videos\DCT-HDHomeRun Prime Tuner 1321411B-1 on 1270019000 Digital TV Tuner-0.mpgbuf' via the upload id '1131211942'...
22:34:21.955 [SageTVRequestHandler-152CT-HDHomeRun Prime Tuner 1321411B-1] INFO ChannelManager - Auto-map failed to get the frequency and program for the channel '711'.
22:34:21.955 [SageTVRequestHandler-152CT-HDHomeRun Prime Tuner 1321411B-1] WARN HDHRNativeCaptureDevice - Unable to tune channel because no references were found for this channel number. Will attempt to tune as vchannel.

And for ChannelManager, I can see this:

22:32:37.191 [ChannelManager-56] INFO ChannelManager - Updating the HDHomeRun channel lineup HDHomeRun DRI Tuner 1321411B (dct_hdhomerun).
22:32:37.192 [ChannelManager-56] INFO HDHomeRunChannels - Connecting to HDHomeRun using the URL 'http://192.168.0.66:80/lineup.xml'

In fact, I thought 711 was an isolated incident, but it turns out that after further testing, the only channel I seem to bel able to tune at this time is 727 - Hallmark.

So, my question is, is there a way I can get further down into ChannelManager to see why automap isn't finding the channels from the HDHR listing, because those channels are definitely there in the xml:

<Program><GuideNumber>705</GuideNumber><GuideName>KOAADT</GuideName><VideoCodec>H264</VideoCodec><AudioCodec>AC3</AudioCodec><HD>1</HD><URL>http://192.168.0.66:5004/auto/v705</URL></Program>
<Program><GuideNumber>707</GuideNumber><GuideName>KXTULD</GuideName><VideoCodec>H264</VideoCodec><AudioCodec>AC3</AudioCodec><HD>1</HD><URL>http://192.168.0.66:5004/auto/v707</URL></Program>
<Program><GuideNumber>708</GuideNumber><GuideName>KTSCDT</GuideName><VideoCodec>H264</VideoCodec><AudioCodec>AC3</AudioCodec><HD>1</HD><URL>http://192.168.0.66:5004/auto/v708</URL></Program>
<Program><GuideNumber>709</GuideNumber><GuideName>GALAHD</GuideName><VideoCodec>H264</VideoCodec><AudioCodec>AC3</AudioCodec><HD>1</HD><URL>http://192.168.0.66:5004/auto/v709</URL></Program>
<Program><GuideNumber>711</GuideNumber><GuideName>KKTVDT</GuideName><VideoCodec>H264</VideoCodec><AudioCodec>AC3</AudioCodec><HD>1</HD><URL>http://192.168.0.66:5004/auto/v711</URL></Program>
<Program><GuideNumber>712</GuideNumber><GuideName>KBDIDT</GuideName><VideoCodec>H264</VideoCodec><AudioCodec>AC3</AudioCodec><HD>1</HD><URL>http://192.168.0.66:5004/auto/v712</URL></Program>
<Program><GuideNumber>713</GuideNumber><GuideName>KRDODT</GuideName><VideoCodec>H264</VideoCodec><AudioCodec>AC3</AudioCodec><HD>1</HD><URL>http://192.168.0.66:5004/auto/v713</URL></Program>
<Program><GuideNumber>714</GuideNumber><GuideName>QVCHD</GuideName><VideoCodec>H264</VideoCodec><AudioCodec>AC3</AudioCodec><HD>1</HD><URL>http://192.168.0.66:5004/auto/v714</URL></Program>
<Program><GuideNumber>715</GuideNumber><GuideName>NEWSNTN</GuideName><VideoCodec>H264</VideoCodec><AudioCodec>AC3</AudioCodec><HD>1</HD><URL>http://192.168.0.66:5004/auto/v715</URL></Program>
<Program><GuideNumber>720</GuideNumber><GuideName>COOKHD</GuideName><VideoCodec>H264</VideoCodec><AudioCodec>AC3</AudioCodec><HD>1</HD><URL>http://192.168.0.66:5004/auto/v720</URL></Program>
<Program><GuideNumber>721</GuideNumber><GuideName>KXRMDT</GuideName><VideoCodec>H264</VideoCodec><AudioCodec>AC3</AudioCodec><URL>http://192.168.0.66:5004/auto/v721</URL></Program>
<Program><GuideNumber>722</GuideNumber><GuideName>DXDHD</GuideName><VideoCodec>H264</VideoCodec><AudioCodec>AC3</AudioCodec><HD>1</HD><URL>http://192.168.0.66:5004/auto/v722</URL></Program>
<Program><GuideNumber>723</GuideNumber><GuideName>DFCHD</GuideName><VideoCodec>H264</VideoCodec><AudioCodec>AC3</AudioCodec><HD>1</HD><URL>http://192.168.0.66:5004/auto/v723</URL></Program>
<Program><GuideNumber>724</GuideNumber><GuideName>UKIDSH</GuideName><VideoCodec>H264</VideoCodec><AudioCodec>AC3</AudioCodec><HD>1</HD><URL>http://192.168.0.66:5004/auto/v724</URL></Program>
<Program><GuideNumber>725</GuideNumber><GuideName>GSNHD</GuideName><VideoCodec>H264</VideoCodec><AudioCodec>AC3</AudioCodec><HD>1</HD><URL>http://192.168.0.66:5004/auto/v725</URL></Program>
<Program><GuideNumber>726</GuideNumber><GuideName>NGWIHD</GuideName><VideoCodec>H264</VideoCodec><AudioCodec>AC3</AudioCodec><HD>1</HD><URL>http://192.168.0.66:5004/auto/v726</URL></Program>
<Program><GuideNumber>727</GuideNumber><GuideName>HALLHD</GuideName><VideoCodec>H264</VideoCodec><AudioCodec>AC3</AudioCodec><HD>1</HD><Favorite>1</Favorite><URL>http://192.168.0.66:5004/auto/v727</URL></Program>

One of my HDHR-CC entries in opendct.properties:

sagetv.device.-199338275.always_force_external_unlock=false
sagetv.device.-199338275.consumer=opendct.consumer.DynamicConsumerImpl
sagetv.device.-199338275.delay_to_wait_after_tuning=0
sagetv.device.-199338275.device_name=DCT-HDHomeRun Prime Tuner 131B4C09-0
sagetv.device.-199338275.encoder_listen_port=9000
sagetv.device.-199338275.encoder_merit=0
sagetv.device.-199338275.encoder_pool=dct
sagetv.device.-199338275.exclusive_server_address=
sagetv.device.-199338275.fast_network_encoder_switch=true
sagetv.device.-199338275.last_channel=-1
sagetv.device.-199338275.transcode_profile=

[mgpaulus]

Just as a follow up:

I think that somehow the dct_homerun.properties either got stale ($openrun_home/config/lineup/dct_homerun.properties) or got borked.

I decided to stop opendct, remove that file, and start up. Seems all of my missing channels are now present and available.

I suppose it would/could be an exercise in code archeology to see if I could figure out WHY the lineup wasn't updating with all of my channels, but at this point, I'm not sure I have the time to dig.

Anyway, just an update, and I'll update the title to reflect that the issue is no longer a deal breaker for me.