[SOLVED] ATSC Not an Option in Locale Menu

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[SOLVED] ATSC Not an Option in Locale Menu

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I'm going through the setup of my first MythTV system. I'm trying to set my locale settings and ATSC isn't listed as an option in the drop down??

The complete list is:

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NTSC
NTSC-JP
PAL-60
PAL-BG
PAL-DK
PAL-D
PAL0I
PAL-M
PAL-N
PAL-NC
SECAM
SECAM-D
SECAM-DK
I know the tuner works. I had it in my desktop to watch live TV via VLC and it successfully searched for and found TV channels and schedule data in the current setup.

Any idea how I can get my system to give the option of ATSC for the U.S.?

The wiki says it should be an option. https://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Setup_General
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Re: ATSC Not an Option

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Re: ATSC Not an Option in Locale Menu

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Looks like ATSC was removed in 2008. From the commit:

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Fixes #4343. Allows all analog tv formats supported in MythTV to be supported in the
Channel Editor in addition to being supported as a default format.
Looks like the key words are 'analog tv formats'. Mine is set to NTSC (and I do have ATSC channels.)

Ref: https://code.mythtv.org/trac/ticket/4343
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Re: ATSC Not an Option in Locale Menu

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Thank you for the response. This forum is very helpful.

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UPDATE: My tuner now works pulling in ATSC channels while set to NTSC. In a review of logs I realized that I had a permissions issue that was causing my problems.

I plan to submit an edit to the MythTV wiki to clarify the current options available.
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Re: [SOLVED] ATSC Not an Option in Locale Menu

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Unless you already have a wiki account it will need to have new registrations enabled.
Don't forget the Wiki.
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Re: [SOLVED] ATSC Not an Option in Locale Menu

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Just updated the Wiki.
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Re: [SOLVED] ATSC Not an Option in Locale Menu

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Thank you bill6502.
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