[mythtv-users] change channel name

[Bruce Markey]

Ben Dash wrote:
> My TV provider has a habit of changing the channel
> assignments.  Recently channel 55 changed from being
> FitTV to being SciFi.  Zap2it seems to be fully aware
> of this, however, the mythtv EPG hasn't registered the
> change and shows no programme information.
> 
> How do I fix this?

$ mythfilldatabase --help
...
--do_channel_updates
   When using data direct, ask mythfilldatabase to
   overwrite channel names, frequencies, etc. with the
   values available from the data source. This will
   override custom channel names, which is why it is
   off by default.
...

--  bjm