[mythtv-users] Does the DVB stuff automatically rescan when channels change?

[Tom Hughes]

In message <5387cd30511091617h46a42827m at mail.gmail.com>
          Nick <knowledgejunkie at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 08/11/05, George Styles <ripnetuk at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Im using myth with a DVB card - if the broadcaster changes the channel
> > lineup / numbers (Im talking to you freeview!) does Myth automatically
> > pick up the new channels from the EIT data (listings are working
> > great), or do I need to do a manual rescan?
> 
> My experience with DVB-T in the UK has been that new channels are
> allocated the next free chanid which has no resemblance to its actual
> Freeview channel number. You can use the channels editor to fix this
> if you need to.

The chanid is an internal issue and not user visible. New channels
do get added and do get the next free chanid but their channel number
should be set to the appropriate logical channel number as defined
by the broadcast data stream.

Tom

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