[mythtv-users] Resetting Channels

[Michael T. Dean]

On 08/31/2007 02:37 PM, Rob Dege wrote:
> I was able to resolve my channel issues my passing --do-channel-updates to
> mythfilldatabase.  It updated the channel information just as I had hoped.
> Channel information appeared correct in Program Listings, Recorded Programs,
> and Scheduled Recordings.
>   

That would tend to indicate that you didn't properly delete all video
sources (or you somehow added channels before running
mythfilldatabase).  The delete all would have cleared everything out so
mfdb would have been allowed to do all the channel updates as inserts
(since there were no channels to update).

> The only problem I'm having now is that I have no shows listed in Upcoming
> Recordings.
>
> Before I did the '--do-channel-updates', I had 3 shows scheduled to record
> for today, and a few for next week.  Now, some are not listed at all, and
> some are deactiavted, stating that the show does not match the current
> program listings (via mythweb).
>   

"Does not match" means you used a "timeslot" record rule and the
schedule has changed (which could be due to a channel-mapping issue as
below).

> Cancelling the show, and then re-adding it does resolve the problem.
> However, some shows are in off season right now, so if I removed them from
> the scheduled recordings list, I won't be able to re-add them.

This will happen if you have mostly "this channel" recording rules and
you change the callsigns of your channels (which is why you should
probably have mostly "any channel" rules).

It can also happen if you have 2 copies of channels in the DB (which can
also prevent recordings from occurring correctly despite what "Upcoming
Recordings" says).  If that's the case, going back to the "Delete all
video sources" approach and reconfiguring should fix it (but it's
critical that you reconfigure correctly so you don't get the same
"broken" configuration afterwards).

Mike