[mythtv-users] channels don't correspond exactly with tv_grab_na

[Joe Schmidt]

Thanks! I'll give it a try.

On Tue, 2003-09-23 at 03:50, Dane Kantner wrote:
> > Whenever I ran mythfilldatabase, it usually works almost perfectly,
> > except that some of the channels do not correspond correctly with the
> > numbers. For example, channel 10 is listed as the HomeShopping Network,
> > when in fact it is really showing WLIW. Channel 41, listed as Spike TV
> > is actually showing the Home Shopping Network. How can I specify that
> > for some channel numbers, a different channel's listing should be
> > retrieved?
> 
> you can do one of two things.... the listings come from zap2it.com ... so,
> you can go there and check for a different listing of your provider in your
> zip code (if you look the URL it'll give you the # you need, or just
> remember the position of the 'right one' in the list).  If your cable
> provider recently swapped these channels, it could take a little time for
> zap2it to get them up to date... if they've always been that way, it may be
> that your cable provider just doesnt list the multiple systems but switches
> some channels for whatever reason.  if you go to tvguide.com and the
> listings match that of zap2it, this is probably the case...  if thats not
> the case theres an e-mail address on zap2it's page where you can report
> incorrect listings.
> 
> in the case that the zap2it info is correct as far as they're concerned, you
> can manually configure the channels to swap yourself.  run
> mythfilldatabase --manual ... hit "enter" on everything you *dont* want to
> change... (it'll default as though you hadn't ran manual)... you can enter
> diff channel info for those channels that are really wrong.  once you do
> this, the settings will keep until you run --manual again or delete/readd
> the provider.
> 
> -dane kantner
> 
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