Guide Channels Missing USA-OTA36801 Columbus, GA

[martincom 26]

I'm having two guide issues:

1. WTVM Columbus, GA virtual channels 9.1 and 9.10:  We receive guide data for WTVM-ABC, virtual channel 9.1, as expected.  However, this channel's signal strength is poor and most of the time it is unwatchable.  WTVM broadcasts the identical programming on virtual channel 9.10, via low power translator WCGZ-LD, which has a much stronger signal due to its close proximity to us.  This allows us to not only view it, but reliably record from Emby.  However, we cannot schedule recordings from virtual channel 9.10 as there is no guide data for it.  I see two possible remedies:

1.  The guide data service provides listings for virtual channel 9.10, WCGZ-LD which are identical to virtual channel 9.1,WTVM.
2. Would there be some method within Emby to overlay the guide from virtual channel 9.1 to 9.10?

2. The same low power translator, WCGZ-LD, also broadcasts three sub-channels:

1. Virtual channel 47.2, Telemundo
2. Virtual channel 47.3, Peachtree Sports Network
3. Virtual channel 47.4, Outlaw

Of interest to us is virtual channel 47.4, Outlaw (westerns channel) there is no guide data being provided for this channel.  We'd very much like to see guide data provided for it.

 

[Luke 42122]

@sa2000

[sa2000 681]

@martincomWhat is the Guide Lineup identifier ? You will see that in Live TV Server Settings setup tab.  It will be in the form of USA-xxxxx-DEFAULT

Gracenote do not normally include low power stations in their lineups. I need to know zip code/lineup identifier to start looking and also what TV market does your area come under.

I see these markets listed for Alabama on https://www.rabbitears.info/

Birmingham, Alabama
Mobile, Alabama
untsville, Alabama
Montgomery, Alabama
Dothan, Alabama

 

Edited 1 hour ago by sa2000

[martincom 26]

37 minutes ago, sa2000 said:

@martincomWhat is the Guide Lineup identifier ?   USA-OTA36801, I had included it in the title of the thread.

I need to know zip code 36855

what TV market does your area come under.   Columbus, GA  I had included that in the thread title, also.

 

 

[martincom 26]

[sa2000 681]

5 hours ago, martincom said:

Would there be some method within Emby to overlay the guide from virtual channel 9.1 to 9.10?

I am looking into the issue - but you should be able to circumvent the problem.

In Live TV Settings, Channels tab

Do not map 9.1 to any guide data

For tuner channel 9.10, map it to guide data for USA-OTA36801 to guide channel 9.1

(I see that the lineup for zip code 36855 - USA-OTA36855 does not list any of the 9.x and 47.x channels - but USA-OTA36801 has 9.1 to 9.6. I will ask gracenote to look into adding 9.10 - assuming they do have WCGZ-LD1 in their database)

 

 

[sa2000 681]

There is inconsistency in available channel info for 36801 and 36855 

For Example info for USA 36855 here https://www.channelmaster.com/pages/tv-antenna-map-five-points-al-36855 lists these as available for 9.x and 47.x

9.10	WCGZ-LD1	ABC

47.2	WCGZ-LD2	TELEMUND
47.3	WCGZ-LD3	APSN
47.4	WCGZ-LD4	OUTLAW

and for USA 36801 zip code here https://www.channelmaster.com/pages/tv-antenna-map-opelika-al-36801 , it lists 9.1 to 9.7 but not 9.10 and no 47.x channels

Normally I give gracenote evidence of a channel being available for a zip code from the channelmaster.com data 

As it stands, if I refer to gracenote, it would need to be adding 9.10 and 47.x channels to the USA-OTA36855 lineup rather than USA-OTA36801