[mythtv-users] UK DVB-S Channel Numbering

[David Knight]

On Mon, April 9, 2012 9:07 pm, Nick Morrott wrote:
> My initial idea has XMLTV users in mind, and will be to:
>
> i) mark all channels on video source invisible
> ii) add relevant XMLTV IDs for supported channels, unset
> useonairguide, renumber/name and set channel to visible
> iii) for unsupported channels, set useonairguide, renumber/name and set
> visible
>
> I'll need to add an option to ignore XMLTV completely so that users
> can use EIT for all of their listings but still get support for
> renumbering/naming of channels per the lineup configuration.
>
> I also want to add support to allow renumbering channels on a video
> source providing one lineup (e.g. Freeview) to match that of another
> lineup (e.g. Freesat) to allow common channels on each source to have
> the same channel number and callsign/name. This will allow the
> scheduler to see these common channels as the same and make better use
> of them when scheduling across sources.
>
> Cheers,
> Nick
>
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>
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Hi Nick, That is great work :) - more than happy to help you test when
required. I'm also on the Sutton Coldfield transmitter (well the Malvern
relay). I'm using Freesat and Freeview and currently using my own custom
script compiled from the MythTV wiki ones.

Dave