[mythtv-users] Can't seem to permanently delete channels

[Steven Adeff]

On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 6:34 PM, Joseph Fry <joe at thefrys.com> wrote:
>> > Actually no, because some of the channels work over firewire but not
>> > all, the ones that don't work over firewire I still need for my HDPVR
>> > source. So if I have them enabled in SD for the HDPVR source, then
>> > they will get added to the firewire source automatically. So really my
>> > only option is to use the --remove-new-channels option and then
>> > manually add any new channels when they are added by my cable company.
>> > Not my ideal solution, but it does work and manually adding the
>> > channels is not a big deal.
>
>> Steven, I think you missed the part of Joseph's message which I quoted
>> above, which was also mentioned earlier in this thread.  In SD, you
>> should have enabled every channel you receive by any means.  Within
>> each video source, you should have an entry for each of those
>> channels, but for the channels that don't work over firewire should be
>> marked with "visible = 0" in the source you're using for firewire.
>> Once you have a channel in place which is marked as not visible, it
>> won't be re-added or used for recordings and you can still receive
>> truly new channels automatically.
>>
>
> I bet you only have one video source defined for both.
>
> If you are using the same set of channels with the same SD line up... just
> set them up as two different video sources in mythtv-setup using the same SD
> lineup.  Then in mythweb, you will see each channel twice, once for each
> source you defined.  Uncheck the "visable" box for those channels that
> cannot be tuned on the device(s) using that source.
>
> Clear as mud?
>
> To clarify, I will use the scenario that you have two types of capture
> device, an analog tuner and a cable box.  The channels are the same up to
> channel 69, but only the box will tune channels higher than that.
>
> In mythtv-setup
> 1. Add the Sechedules Direct line up for your cable provider
> 2. Create two video sources, "cable" and "cablebox" for our example.
> 3. Associate each input with the appropriate video source.  My PVR cards
> used to have the tuner associated with cable, and the composite associated
> with the cable box for example.
>
> In mythweb after a mythfilldatabase
> 1. go to http://mythserver/mythweb/settings/tv/channels
> 2. determine which sourceid is associated with each video source (usually
> the order they were created)
> 3. uncheck the "visible" box next to any channel you can't tune with the
> "cable" source.

Oh, sorry, I had figured you were already aware that the visible flag
does not affect LiveTV which makes it not the way to do this,
http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/466705#466705





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