[mythtv-users] How to keep mythfilldatabase from creating channels

[Stephen Worthington]

On Sun, 12 Jan 2014 14:17:50 +0100, you wrote:

>On 01/12/2014 12:38 PM, Stuart Morgan wrote:
>> On Sunday 12 Jan 2014 12:12:26 Jan Ceuleers wrote:
>>> I would feel happier if I didn't have to do that. That is: if I could
>>> tell mythfilldatabase not to create channels and to ignore programmes
>>> for non-existent channels. Is this possible?
>> 
>> You're supposed to run "<grabber> --configure" and only select the channels you 
>> want. This both saves it wasting time and bandwidth collecting data for 
>> channels and will prevent mythfilldatabase trying to insert them into the 
>> database.
>
>Stuart, thanks for replying.
>
>I already grab as few channels as I can using each of the grabbers that
>I use (having indeed run each grabber in --configure mode). In general
>terms though, one of my video sources has all of these channels
>available whereas the other has only a subset.
>
>So rather than running the grabbers again in order to generate the
>subset needed by the more limited source I am loading the XMLTV files
>into each source which is what is causing the problem.
>
>> Incidentally, I'm guessing you're using an analogue source? In the latest 
>> versions of MythTV mythfilldatabase won't insert channels for digital sources.
>
>From mythtv's perspective both sources are analogue:
>
>- two HVR1900 tuners connected to analogue cable;
>- two HVR1900 capture devices connected to digital cable STBs.
>
>I only have two spare STBs otherwise things would obviously be simpler.
>
>===
>
>By the way, I see the --remove-new-channels option in mythfilldatabase's
>--help screen, but it talks about datadirect. I suspect that if this
>could be made to work generically (i.e. not only in a US context) it
>would probably do what I need.
>
>
>Thanks, Jan

I have a similar problem to yours, so I use the --only-update-guide
option when running mythfilldatabase.  I think that is what you need
too.