[mythtv-users] Massive Lineup Shift - Best way to handle?

[Michael T. Dean]

On 03/11/2010 05:07 PM, Clay wrote:
> --- On Thu, 3/11/10, Michael T. Dean wrote:
>    
>> ...doing it the "complete" way
>> only takes a couple of minutes, so I recommend (and use) the
>> way that always works--the "complete" way, using the video
>> sources portion of the linked post....
>>      
> I have TW basic cable.
> (2) PVR-150's- SD lineup is fine for these.
>
> A180 and ATSC115 for the digital side.
>
> A full scan takes more than a half hour to complete. Double that since the cards find different channels on different freq's.
>
> Then several hours to watch each of the hundreds of found channels, identify and add the xmltvid.
>
> Then a half hour or so for mythfilldatabase to run and update the lineups via SD.
>
> Another couple hours to remove all the channels from the DB that go nowhere and clean up the remaining channels, callsigns, etc. (phpmyadmin)
>
>
> I'd love to know how to accomplish this in a few minutes.
>
> I have some shortcuts like manually entering the frequencies I know carry programming and only scanning those.
>
> Still, it's a hateful process.
>
> (Currently running JYA's 0.21 but the process has been the same since I installed the A180 a couple releases ago...)
>    

Well, I'm ignoring the computer time (for scanning) and only including 
the time I spend doing stuff.  Of course, it helps that the scanner 
gives me exactly (and only) the right channels with the same callsigns I 
previously used, allowing me to use the xmltvid backup/restore (another 
benefit of OTA).

Mike