[mythtv-users] questions on scte65scan and mySQL

[Michael T. Dean]

On 03/13/2010 03:34 PM, Ben Kamen wrote:
> On 3/13/2010 1:54 PM, Michael T. Dean wrote:
>> On 03/13/2010 02:36 PM, Ben Kamen wrote:
>>> So I've done my scanning and I'm getting ready to plug this .SQL
>>> output into my myth database, but before I do, I still have some
>>> questions about what's about to happen..
>>>
>>> First, a little info:
>>> I have 3 cards in my system. a PVR-350, pcHDTV-3000 and pcHDTV-5500
>>>
>>> When scanning, I'm setting source-id to 2.
>>>
>>> I'm not absolutely sure, but I think that I have my PVR-350 set up as
>>> tuner1 and
>>> my PCHDTV-5500 set up as Tuner 3,4 with the pcHDTV-3000 set up at
>>> tuner 4,5.
>>>
>>> Is that what the sourceID is for?
>>
>> Source ID is the Video Source ID (where you defined one or more Video
>> Sources in mythtv-setup--with those cards, you would actually need at
>> least 2 video sources), and is a 1-based index. But, if you don't do a
>> "Delete all video sources" (
>> http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/264034#264034 ) when
>> deleting video sources, the ID's will be non-contiguous. You'll likely
>> have to look at the DB to find the right one.
>
> I did that once upon a time a while back and don't mind starting over 
> if it makes it easy considering my sources are from SchedulesDirect...
>
> So I'll do that.

You may or may not need to do it this time--the only critical issue is 
that you know which source ID to use.  Doing the "Delete all video 
sources" approach would have 2 benefits, though:  a) it would mean you 
definitely know what video source ID to use (1), and b) if you do that, 
then create only the digital video source, it would make all of your 
questions about how scte65scan works with an existing analog video 
source--the questions I don't know the answer to--a moot question (since 
you would create the analog video source after using the scte65scan SQL).

Mike