[mythtv-users] mythupchuk -- another script for maintaining UK channels

Chris Dennis cgdennis at btinternet.com
Sat Nov 10 21:23:04 UTC 2012


Thanks for that advice, Mike - that will simplify things greatly.

cheers, 
Chris

(Sent from my phone - apologies if the formatting is wrong. )

Mike Perkins <mikep at randomtraveller.org.uk> wrote:

>On 09/11/12 18:36, Chris Dennis wrote:
>> On 09/11/12 18:05, Stephen Robertson wrote:
>>> The invalid data lines is caused by callsign and/or name being
>blank.  I
>>> got round that error by putting something in for those fields.  As I
>>> was deleting them anyway it didn't matter what.  I was/am planning
>on
>>> updating it to cope with that which I will push back.(Chris
>incorporated
>>> a couple of minor changes I made previously).
>>
>> I thought I had already fixed it to put something into missing
>name/callsign
>> fields -- I'll check again.
>>>
>>> The other lines suggest that you have duplicates in your database.
>>
>> Indeed.  I always delete the existing channels before retuning,
>either directly
>> in via MySQL (deleting all records in tables 'channel' and
>'dtv_multiplex' where
>> sourceid is the source that I'm retuning), or via mythtv-setup (the
>channel
>> editor will delete all channels for a source).
>>
>You should not delete the contents of dtv_multiplex, unless you have
>made a 
>really bad hash of your database.
>
>If you do that, you will have to scan everything again and possibly
>filter out 
>the muxes which apply to you.
>
>Now that the digital switchover is complete bar some minor twiddling
>the mux 
>table will not change very much at all. If you leave that table alone
>you'll be 
>able to select the "scan existing transports" option and save yourself
>a big step.
>
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>
>Mike Perkins
>
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Chris Dennis
Fordingbridge, Hampshire
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