[mythtv-users] How do I have it only use the channels I scanned?

Kevin Kuphal kuphal at dls.net
Wed Jan 17 14:25:41 UTC 2007


Xamindar wrote:
> Tom Lichti wrote:
>   
>> Udo van den Heuvel wrote:
>>   
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>>> Xamindar wrote:
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>>>       
>>>> I have to use mythweb to do this?  Oh well, it's a good reason to get 
>>>> mythweb set up.  Thanks for the info.  Is there one box to check to tell 
>>>> mythtv to only show the channels that it scanned and found?  Selecting 
>>>> each channel is going to take some time and I have to keep looking at 
>>>> mythsetup to see which channels it found.
>>>>       
>>>>         
>>> You can also go into the database afterwards, perhaps using phpmyadmin,
>>> and make the channels (in)visible. I guess you need to check the
>>> channels table.
>>>     
>>>       
>> Or you could use mythtv-setup, as a supported method. MythWeb would be 
>> the easiest though, since you can do them en masse, as opposed to one by 
>> one.
>>
>> Tom
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> Thanks for the replies guys.  I'll try your suggestions.  I do have one
> last question though.  Then what is the point of the channel scanner?
>   
It is used, by me, for my HDTV DVB card.  My normal PVR devices don't 
need it.

Kevin


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