[mythtv-users] Really hiding a channel

[Kyle Rose]

I want a way to tag a channel in the database as "never record from
this channel."

I have two different sources that share channel listings, but don't
have access to some subset of the channels on one source and a
different (overlapping) subset of the channels on the other source.
E.g., my setup is something like:

    source 1   source 4
2      X          X
3      X           
4                 X
5                 X
6                  
7      X           
8                 X
9      X          X

where "X" indicates a channel is available.

However, even with the recording preference set to -1000 on the
channels/sources that are not available, myth will occasionally
schedule a recording on an unavailable channel, in which case I'll get
60 minutes of "Channel unavailable-please call to pay us more money
for it".

I've tried actually deleting the channels, but mythfilldatabase just
resurrects them during the next database fill (myth CVS internal
DataDirect).  I also don't mind having the programming information, I
just don't want myth ever to record from them, though removing the
channel entirely is an acceptable alternative.

Any suggestions?

Cheers,
Kyle