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 <H1>Installing and using MythTV</H1>
 
 <H2>Robert Kulagowski, 
-<A HREF="mailto:rkulagow@rocketmail.com">mailto:rkulagow@rocketmail.com</A></H2>2003-04-28, v2.23
+<A HREF="mailto:rkulagow@rocketmail.com">mailto:rkulagow@rocketmail.com</A></H2>2003-04-28, v2.24
 <HR>
 <EM>Initially, installation of MythTV seems like a huge task.  There are lots
 of dependencies, and various distributions seem to do the same thing
@@ -162,6 +162,7 @@ <H2><A NAME="toc18">18.</A> <A HREF="mythtv-HOWTO-18.html">Troubleshooting.</A><
 <LI><A NAME="toc18.13">18.13</A> <A HREF="mythtv-HOWTO-18.html#ss18.13">The mythbackend program told me to look at this section.</A>
 <LI><A NAME="toc18.14">18.14</A> <A HREF="mythtv-HOWTO-18.html#ss18.14">My remote doesn't work / works sometimes and not others / "ghost"</A>
 <LI><A NAME="toc18.15">18.15</A> <A HREF="mythtv-HOWTO-18.html#ss18.15">My PVR-250 card doesn't show inputs in the setup screen.</A>
+<LI><A NAME="toc18.16">18.16</A> <A HREF="mythtv-HOWTO-18.html#ss18.16">Where's my "canada-cable" entry gone to? </A>
 </UL>
 <P>
 <H2><A NAME="toc19">19.</A> <A HREF="mythtv-HOWTO-19.html">Miscellaneous. </A></H2>

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@@ -393,6 +393,19 @@ <H2><A NAME="ss18.15">18.15</A> <A HREF="mythtv-HOWTO.html#toc18.15">My PVR-250
 <P>See message 
 <A HREF="http://lists.snowman.net/pipermail/mythtv-users/2003-April/002527.html">http://lists.snowman.net/pipermail/mythtv-users/2003-April/002527.html</A></P>
 
+<H2><A NAME="ss18.16">18.16</A> <A HREF="mythtv-HOWTO.html#toc18.16">Where's my "canada-cable" entry gone to? </A>
+</H2>
+
+<P>There is no such thing as "Canada Cable"; Canada uses the same
+frequencies as the United States.  "Canada Cable" was a hack that some
+people used when they would discover that their channels were off-by-one,
+ie, when tuning to channel 42, they might get channel 41 or 43.  This is
+actually due to the tuner on the video capture device being mis-detected. 
+You must manually specify the tuner type in your <CODE>/etc/modules.conf</CODE>. 
+See the video4linux mailing list (
+<A HREF="https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/video4linux-list">https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/video4linux-list</A>) for
+more information.</P>
+
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 <H1>Installing and using MythTV</H1>
 
 <H2>Robert Kulagowski, 
-<A HREF="mailto:rkulagow@rocketmail.com">mailto:rkulagow@rocketmail.com</A></H2>2003-04-28, v2.23
+<A HREF="mailto:rkulagow@rocketmail.com">mailto:rkulagow@rocketmail.com</A></H2>2003-04-28, v2.24
 <HR>
 <EM>Initially, installation of MythTV seems like a huge task.  There are lots
 of dependencies, and various distributions seem to do the same thing
@@ -162,6 +162,7 @@ <H2><A NAME="toc18">18.</A> <A HREF="mythtv-HOWTO-18.html">Troubleshooting.</A><
 <LI><A NAME="toc18.13">18.13</A> <A HREF="mythtv-HOWTO-18.html#ss18.13">The mythbackend program told me to look at this section.</A>
 <LI><A NAME="toc18.14">18.14</A> <A HREF="mythtv-HOWTO-18.html#ss18.14">My remote doesn't work / works sometimes and not others / "ghost"</A>
 <LI><A NAME="toc18.15">18.15</A> <A HREF="mythtv-HOWTO-18.html#ss18.15">My PVR-250 card doesn't show inputs in the setup screen.</A>
+<LI><A NAME="toc18.16">18.16</A> <A HREF="mythtv-HOWTO-18.html#ss18.16">Where's my "canada-cable" entry gone to? </A>
 </UL>
 <P>
 <H2><A NAME="toc19">19.</A> <A HREF="mythtv-HOWTO-19.html">Miscellaneous. </A></H2>

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 <title>Installing and using MythTV
 <author>Robert Kulagowski, <url url="mailto:rkulagow@rocketmail.com">
-<date>2003-04-28, v2.23
+<date>2003-04-28, v2.24
 <abstract>
 Initially, installation of MythTV seems like a huge task.  There are lots
 of dependencies, and various distributions seem to do the same thing
@@ -2871,6 +2871,18 @@ they run.  The following window managers are known to work correctly:
 "http://lists.snowman.net/pipermail/mythtv-users/2003-April/002527.html"
 name="http://lists.snowman.net/pipermail/mythtv-users/2003-April/002527.html">
 
+<sect1>Where's my "canada-cable" entry gone to? 
+<p>There is no such thing as "Canada Cable"; Canada uses the same
+frequencies as the United States.  "Canada Cable" was a hack that some
+people used when they would discover that their channels were off-by-one,
+ie, when tuning to channel 42, they might get channel 41 or 43.  This is
+actually due to the tuner on the video capture device being mis-detected. 
+You must manually specify the tuner type in your <tt>/etc/modules.conf</tt>. 
+See the video4linux mailing list (<url
+url="https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/video4linux-list"
+name="https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/video4linux-list">) for
+more information.
+
 <sect>Miscellaneous. 
 <sect1>I'd like to watch the files without using MythTV / I'd like to convert the files to some other format. 
 <p>Matthew Zimmerman has created a patch for MPlayer / Mencoder <url
@@ -3489,6 +3501,7 @@ v2.22, 2003-04-26.  PVR250 ptune.pl command.  Modify the ld.so.conf example.
 More information on saving the mysql database.
 v2.23, 2003-04-28.  XMLTV version.  mythbackend startup as a daemon.
 Normalized spacing between tscreen tag and text.
+v2.24, 2003-04-28.  canada-cable.
 -->
 <!--
 To create documentation, execute "$ linuxdoc -B html mythtv-HOWTO.sgml" or

mythtv/docs/mythtv-HOWTO.txt

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
   Installing and using MythTV
   Robert Kulagowski,  <mailto:rkulagow@rocketmail.com>
-  2003-04-28, v2.23
+  2003-04-28, v2.24
 
   Initially, installation of MythTV seems like a huge task.  There are
   lots of dependencies, and various distributions seem to do the same
@@ -136,6 +136,7 @@
      18.13 The mythbackend program told me to look at this section.
      18.14 My remote doesn't work / works sometimes and not others / "ghost" keypresses.
      18.15 My PVR-250 card doesn't show inputs in the setup screen.
+     18.16 Where's my "canada-cable" entry gone to?
 
   19. Miscellaneous.
      19.1 I'd like to watch the files without using MythTV / I'd like to convert the files to some other format.
@@ -331,6 +332,7 @@
   the disk faster.  MPEG-4 requires more CPU, but the files are smaller.
   At the default resolution, MPEG-2 creates the largest files of all
   with almost no CPU impact.
+
   See the Troubleshooting ``section'' for more information.
 
   3.1.4.  Video Capture Device
@@ -387,7 +389,6 @@
   +o  An Athlon 1Ghz can decode a 720x480 16Mbps MPEG-2 file using 30-50%
      CPU, can decode a 480x480 16Mbps MPEG-2 using 30% CPU and
      approximately 30% for Live TV at 416x480.
-
   +o  A P3-550 can decode a 480x480 16Mbps MPEG-2 file with 55% CPU.
 
   +o  A Celeron 450 (no SSE) can decode a 480x480 16Mbps MPEG-2 file with
@@ -3070,6 +3071,19 @@
   <http://lists.snowman.net/pipermail/mythtv-
   users/2003-April/002527.html>
 
+  18.16.  Where's my "canada-cable" entry gone to?
+
+  There is no such thing as "Canada Cable"; Canada uses the same
+  frequencies as the United States.  "Canada Cable" was a hack that some
+  people used when they would discover that their channels were off-by-
+  one, ie, when tuning to channel 42, they might get channel 41 or 43.
+  This is actually due to the tuner on the video capture device being
+  mis-detected.  You must manually specify the tuner type in your
+  /etc/modules.conf.  See the video4linux mailing list
+  (https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/video4linux-list
+  <https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/video4linux-list>) for
+  more information.
+
   19.  Miscellaneous.
 
   19.1.  I'd like to watch the files without using MythTV / I'd like to
@@ -3137,7 +3151,6 @@
 
   In PAL, there are 625 "raw" lines of resolution, with a net of 576
   vertical lines.
-
   Horizontally, the maximum you can expect from a Bt8X8 chip is 720.
 
   With this in mind, there are certain commonly accepted values for
@@ -3202,7 +3215,6 @@
 
   The MythTV GUI uses its GUI dimensions regardless of the other two and
   is anchored to the upper left corner of the X Desktop.
-
   The MythTV full screen mode uses the X display size dimensions
   regardless of the other two and is anchored to the upper left corner
   of the X display.
@@ -3274,6 +3286,7 @@
   picture uses the recording resolution for its dimensions. If you check
   the box "Fixed Aspect Ratio" in Setup->Playback, the windowed picture
   will always be resized to normal 4:3 shape.
+
   19.6.  I'd like to save or restore my database
 
   See the mysqldump manpage for more information.
@@ -3428,12 +3441,12 @@
 
   Add the following to /etc/modules.conf:
 
-  alias char-major-81     videodev
-  alias char-major-81-0   ivtv
-  options ivtv
-  options tuner type=2
-  options msp3400 once=1 simple=1
-  add below ivtv msp3400 saa7115 tuner
+       alias char-major-81     videodev
+       alias char-major-81-0   ivtv
+       options ivtv
+       options tuner type=2
+       options msp3400 once=1 simple=1
+       add below ivtv msp3400 saa7115 tuner
 
   NOTE:  You must specify the tuner type manually.  See
   ~/ivtv/ivtv/driver/tuner.h for a listing of tuners.  In the above