[mythtv-users] Comcast changed the channel

Michael T. Dean mtdean at thirdcontact.com
Fri Jul 8 19:32:01 UTC 2011


On 07/08/2011 09:32 AM, Steven Adeff wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 8, 2011 at 9:28 AM, Michael T. Dean wrote:
>> On 07/08/2011 09:17 AM, Kevin Kuphal wrote:
>>>> So, the lineup from ScheduleDirect always included the channel number
>>>> 71.  It was changed by Comcast.   I just deleted the channel, and ran
>>>> mythfilldatabase as requested by the mythtv-setup script when i quit setup.
>>>>
>>>> The channel now has OWN schedules.  I guess I thought this was
>>>> automated.  why should i have to delete the channel to reflect a network
>>>> / call sign change.
>>> You probably didn't *have* to except that mythfilldatabase pre-loads about
>>> two weeks of scheduling information to work it's magic.  I imagine the
>>> schedule information would have eventually been replaced with the right
>>> information, probably on each daily run updating the next day's information.
>>>    You kinda just forced the issue by deleting the channel.
>> And you really need to use --dd-grab-all after any change to channels or
>> Video Sources.  You /should/ use it every single day if you have a
>> sufficiently-powerful master backend and database server host.  See
>> http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/449426#449426 and
>> http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/commits/449416#449416 .
> if I have one SD lineup with three sources on my system, will
> --dd-grab-all make Myth add all the lineup channels to all my sources?
> this is the issue I've had lately. I have three sources setup: QAM,
> Firewire, and HDPVR. Each has a different set of the channels in my
> overall lineup. When mythfilldatabase adds channels to my QAM or
> Firewire lineups that they can't receive I end up with a bunch of
> 0-byte recordings since those tuners have higher priority than my
> HDPVR. So far the only way I've found to avoid this is to manually
> update my channels and then go through the database with phpmyadmin to
> clean out the channels. its a major PITA so I try and do it as
> selectively as possible.

Not using --remove-new-channels when running mythfilldatabase is the 
reason it adds new channels.

The --dd-grab-all argument will not affect whether channels are added to 
lineups or not.

Mike


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