[mythtv-users] Can't get mythfilldatabase to fill database

[Michael T. Dean]

On 09/26/2008 12:01 AM, Jarle Thorsen wrote:
> 2008/9/22, Dave M G:
>   
>> In any case, although the command now runs, and the data does seem to be
>> inserted into the database, nothing is showing up in the program guide.
>>
>> Is there some extra step to make that happen?
> You will have to edit the channels in the channel table so that mythtv knows
> which xmltvid belongs to which channel. You will have to look in the jtv.xml
> file and copy the different xmltvids into the xmltvid field for each
> channel.

Which, of course, means to use the channel editor in mythtv-setup or
MythWeb to edit xmltvid's rather than edit the DB directly.

Mike