[mythtv-users] mythfilldatabase not adding guide data to new channels

[Michael T. Dean]

On 04/15/2010 01:48 PM, Andrew wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 12:15 PM, Gabe Rubin wrote:
>
>     Did you check other days (i.e., not just today's data) when mfd added
>     the channels?  In my experience, it will not add data for today but
>     will populate data for the rest of the 2 weeks, which means that you
>     would not need to do --refresh-today unless you wanted data for today.
>
>
> yes, they were all blank 2 weeks out.  In addition, clicking on the 
> channel in mythweb would produce a redirect problem (I assume no guide 
> data).  Sometimes adding a channel works just fine.  Other times it's 
> blank until --refresh-today is used.  Just wondered why it's not 
> always the same.

--refresh-today couldn't cause this to work differently.  Most likely 
you have a broken input connections configuration that's causing strange 
behaviors.

> Any ideas on removing channels?  Manual removal required?

Best approach for cleaning up everything after a major change is the 
video sources part of: 
http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/264034#264034 .  It's 
the only way that completely prevents breaking your configuration due to 
improperly dealing with old channel info.

The only way to remove a channel from MythTV configuration is to delete 
it using the MythTV channel editor (select channel and hit D).  The 
mythfilldatabase argument--if you read the description you posted--has 
nothing to do with the MythTV channel configuration.  It's all about the 
Schedules Direct configuration.

Mike