[mythtv-users] UK DVB-t channel renumbering

[John Pullan]

On 20/10/05, Duncan Brown <mythtv at duncb.co.uk> wrote:
> Nick wrote:
>
> >On 19/10/05, Shaun Lowry <shaun at lowry.me.uk> wrote:
> >
> >
> >>My STB has informed me that a lot of DVB-t channels in the UK got renumbered
> >>yesterday - is there a painless way to get the new numbers reflected in MythTV
> >>without having to rescan them all again?
> >>
> >>
> >
> >How are you recording DVB-T?
> >
> >>From a DVB-T box into a capture card? In which case you'll need to
> >edit the channels' freqid so the box is switched over to the correct
> >channel if using LIRC to do this.
> >
> >>From a DVB-T card? Shouldn't have to change anything (unless you want
> >the numbers to match) as the combination of multiplex and service ID
> >is enough (I'm pretty sure) for MythTV to tune.
> >
> >Nick


> I'm definitely holding off rescanning, as it will muck up all my
> recording schedules (or at least I think it will do..)
>
> The freeview box on my dads TV has changed, so its definitely all gone
> through by now. But it all seems to be working fine without the right
> numbers at the moment, so I see no reason to change.
>
> Dunc
The procedure I followed is :

shutdown backend, frontend
run mythtv-setup
clear the channels
recreate video source
recreate input
re-scan
start up backend
start up frontend
repopulate the program db (I use EIT for this)


The schedule is all there, (well at least it was for me)
Regards
--
John