[mythtv-users] Removing unwanted channels - lots of them!

Ben Lancaster lists at benlancaster.co.uk
Wed Apr 25 19:22:35 UTC 2007


On 25 Apr 2007, at 20:19, Mike Dent wrote:

> On 4/25/07, Peter Bowyer <peter at bowyer.org> wrote:
>> On 25/04/07, Mike Dent <mcdent at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> On 4/25/07, Michael T. Dean <mtdean at thirdcontact.com> wrote:
>>>> On 04/25/2007 11:06 AM, Mike Dent wrote:
>>>>> On 4/25/07, Ben Lancaster <lists at benlancaster.co.uk> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>> I'm in the UK and using the xmltv grabber to get the channel
>>>>>>> listing data from Radio Times HQ. I have a uk_rt.xmltv file with
>>>>>>> 260 entries!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> The mistake you made was choosing "all" when you did the initial
>>>>>> xmltv_rt setup, rather then selectively choose the channels  
>>>>>> available
>>>>>> to freeview.
>>>>> I assume I cannot just run mythtv-setup again and correct this?
>>>>
>>>> Actually, running mythtv-setup and using the "Delete all video  
>>>> sources"
>>>> button to remove all video sources (and it has to be "Delete  
>>>> all") and
>>>> then re-creating video sources, input connections, and channels  
>>>> is the
>>>> best approach.  Doing so will clean out everything that's not  
>>>> needed.
>>>>
>>>> Mike
>>>
>>> Hi Mike,
>>> just done that, all looked good until I ran mythfilldatabase and now
>>> the EPG is full
>>> of every channel I dont want now?
>>> I checked the EPG before running mythfilldatabase and it seemed  
>>> ok, ie
>>> only the UK freeview channels were there.
>>
>> They'll keep coming back if they're listed in the xmltv.conf - either
>> take the unwanted ones out manually, or rerun tv_grab_uk_rt
>> --configure and tell it which channels you want.
>>
>> Peter
>
> Hmm, I dont have an xmltv.conf file?

It'll be called [yoursourcename].xmltv and located in ~/.mythtv/

For example, my video source is called "Freeview" and my xmltv file  
is /home/mythtv/.mythtv/Freeview.xmltv

Ben


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