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Unable to set recording remotely

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    tonypembs

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    If I try to set up a recording from my PC onf a BBC4 programme I get the following message:
    No default authority data available for this channel. Unable to set the recording.
    I haven't tried all channels but it does seem to be confined to BBC4. Can anyone tell me how to fix this ?
    I have all the latest package versions installed.
    Thanks.

    | Wed 17 Oct 2012 20:50:23 #1 |
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    Partridge2

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    Yes I just checked and I have the same problem.

    The background is that this information is needed to mimic the recording scheduling via the web interface. But so far no-one has found where the HDR gets this information from (it is not tramsmitted with the rest of the normal EPG data). So there is a manual workaround whereby these default authority data are hosted in the internet repository where the packages are stored, and updated manually by raydon. If a channel has changed its so-called service-ID then the web-interface database handling doesn't know about this until it is manually updated.

    Anyway when I checked my database just I also saw that BBC3 and BBC Alba were missing in addition to BBC4. I will ask raydon to update.

    In the meantime if it is urgent for you then you can enter the following in telnet to get BBC4 working:
    sqlite3 /opt/epg/channels.db

    Then you will get a prompt "sqlite>" at which you need to enter:
    update tbl_svc set aucDefaultAuthority='fp.bbc.co.uk' where usSvcID='6316';

    Then press Ctrl-D to exit from the sqlite prompt back to the normal telnet prompt and you're done.

    | Wed 17 Oct 2012 21:29:57 #2 |
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    zeke

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    I've had this a number of times with BBC Four... anyone know if it's been solved yet? I mean, if not I can just set a smartphone reminder to do it directly via the Foxsat firmware when I next get in front of it, but sorta defeats the object of remote recording...

    | Mon 22 Oct 2012 23:50:35 #3 |

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