[mythtv-users] Guide data "zombie channels"

[Tim Scholl]

On 2/27/07, Korey Fort <k.m.fort at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> When you set up your line up on zap2it it tells you this:
>
> Based on the information you provided in steps 1 through 3, the following
> TV stations may be available to you. Depending on your TV provider, service
> bundle and equipment, some stations may not be available to you. Please
> select the stations that you actually receive and want to include in your
> Labs subscription.
>
> The manual : http://www.mythtv.org/docs/mythtv-HOWTO-5.html
> Section 5.3:
>
> Fill in the survey, then proceed to the lineup choices and configure your
> account for your particular location and the channels that you have. This
> configuration will be imported into MythTV when you first run the *
> mythtv-setup* program.
>
> On 2/26/07, Rod Smith <mythtv at rodsbooks.com> wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > <Sound of hair being ripped out>
> >
> > I've been having problems lately with what might be called "zombie
> > channels"
> > in my guide data. These are channels that just don't go away no matter
> > how I
> > try to "kill" them. Basically, I've got my cable company's lowest-tier
> > plan,
> > which consists of local broadcast channels and a few community-access,
> > shopping, and religious channels. The problem is that every few hours
> > MythTV
> > insists on adding in most of the rest of my provider's channels, despite
> > the
> > fact that I don't receive them. I've repeatedly used MythWeb and/or the
> > mythtv-setup program's channel editor to remove the offending channels,
> > and
> > I've done the same on the Zap2It site. (I'm in the US and use the Zap2It
> > listings.) The blasted things just keep coming back, cluttering my user
> > interface. How can I get rid of these unwanted channels?!?!?!
> >
> > </Sound of hair being ripped out>
> >
> > --
> > Rod Smith
>
>
Have you tried stopping the backend, going into setup and then delete and
recreate the line up?

I'd stop the backend, drop your lineups, and then recreate them, and re
associate them.
-
Tim
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