[mythtv-users] chaos

[Michael T. Dean]

On 05/28/2013 12:56 PM, Phil Wild wrote:
>
> On 28 May 2013 23:13, James Linder wrote:
>
>     Hi
>
>     I'd really appreciate it if anyone can help me:
>
>     SBS in Perth changed frequency
>     I scanned the channels (and got wrong channel numbers so)
>     I reset all channels, then rescanned
>
>     The channel numbers changed and all my schedules were wrong eg
>     Ten News at 5 recorded ABC kiddi channel
>
>
>
> I am also in Perth and went through this process on the weekend.
>
> I did not have a problem though. I went into the backend and deleted 
> all the channels, I then performed the rescan. After completing this, 
> I then ran the shepherd reconfigure command to grab the additional 
> channels that I didn't have. All worked well.
>
> Perhaps try again, making sure you delete all channels first.

FWIW, when you want to delete all channels, I highly recommend "Delete 
all video sources", as it clears out all channels /and/ "linked" 
information in other related tables.  Deleting the channels, alone, can 
leave some stuff in place that can get in the way of a good 
rescan/reconfiguration.

Mike