[mythtv-users] Teething problem - duplicate channels

[Antony Gelberg]

Andrew Lyon wrote:
> On 11/5/06, Antony Gelberg <antony at wayforth.co.uk> wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I've just set up a MythTV box with a single DVB-T card, and I can easily
>> say it's been one of the most rewarding home computing experiences I've
>> had for years.  I look forward to getting my teeth stuck further in.
>>
>> I have a question about the channel listing.  In the mythtv-setup
>> channel listing, all is fine.  However, if I look at it via mythweb
>> (much more useful imo), or indeed via the EPG, there is something odd
>> happening.
>>
>> First in the list - all the channels that it should have picked up for
>> Freeview, radio included.  However, xmltvid is empty, so these get
>> nothing in the EPG.  Further on in the list are the TV channels,
>> duplicated from above, with xmltvid filled in, and channum set to a name
>> not number (e.g. "BBC ONE So" instead of 1.
>>
>> I'd like to know why this might have happened, and what is the correct
>> set of channels to keep?  Do I keep the ones with the real channums and
>> fill in the xmltvids manually?
> 
> Thats what I did, I  manually entered the xmltvid's into the channels
> I wanted to use and then ran mythfilldatabase.
> 
> Timeconsuming, but it worked.. and hopefully you will only need to do it once.
> 

Great, then that's what I'll do.  I'm interested to know why I had the
problem that I did though.

Also, I take it that I have to keep on top of new channels when they
come out on Freeview, and re-run the channel scan?