[mythtv] [mythtv-commits] Ticket #1520: Don't automatically add new channels in mythfilldatabase

[Tom Lichti]

Michael T. Dean wrote:
>> This new commandline option to mythfilldatabase, "--no-new-channels",
>>  makes it ignore any channels DD adds without your knowledge. It has 
>> the side-effect that you have to manually run mythfilldatabase 
>> without this option whenever you really want to add new channels to 
>> your listings in Myth.
>>
>>
>>     
>
> It also has the side-effect that many (most?) users will /never/ go to 
> http://labs.zap2it.com/ to remove unwanted channels from their lineups. 
>   That will mean that the DD servers will have to process (= more CPU 
> time) and send (= more bandwidth) larger datasets to these users.  Since 
> TMS has been fighting exactly these resource issues, this may not be A 
> Good Thing.
>   
Well, it would be simple enough for Zap2it to add a 'don't add new 
channels to my listing' option (or just a 'lock listing' option), then 
they wouldn't be serving all that extra data. An email to the registered 
account holder with new channel updates would suffice, I think.
>
> I think Myth should continue to have a negative side-effect to encourage 
> users to fix their lineups or should fix the lineup for the users.  I 
> agree that the current (possibly destructive) side-effect is not ideal. 
>   
Perhaps not adding new channels, but notifying the user in some way that 
there are new channels available?
> I would say that if anything, mfdb should also send the appropriate 
> requests to labs.zap2it.com to remove the new channels from the lineup 
> if the user specifies he/she wants a "static" lineup.  I should have 
> some time next week to do some remote hacking (1000 miles from my Myth 
> box :), but should be able to make progress on that task even without a 
> local Myth for testing.  I'll post more then.
>
>   
That would work too, but really, we shouldn't have to do that. I realize 
they are providing a free service, but I think it would be to everyone's 
benefit for them to allow locking the listing, no?

Tom