[mythtv-users] Rescan channels

[Thomas Boehm]

Stefan D wrote:
> First i made a channels.conf file that worked with czap, got a lock on
> my channels, and was also able to watch channels with mplayer. So i
> imported that channels.conf file into Myth, but still couldn't tune any
> channel in Myth.

I can't remember when I fiddled around with a channels.conf the last
time. Shouldn't be necessary.

> Shouldn't it be possible to update existing channels, or do i need to
> start all over every time there is a change on a channel?

You could use the "database editing script" from
http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Database_editing_script after doing a full
scan. Once you edited it to your needs it saves you a lot of time. The
lines in my script look something like this.

update channel set
visible=1,channum=1,xmltvid="london.bbc1.bbc.co.uk",icon="/home/mythtv/.mythtv/channels/bbc_one_london.jpg",useonairguide="0",commmethod="-2"
where callsign="BBC ONE" ;

HTH
Thomas