[mythtv-users] Problem auto-finding xmltvid's with QAM, channel scan

[Jerry Rubinow]

On 9/4/07, Jerry Rubinow <jerrymr at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 9/4/07, Michael T. Dean <mtdean at thirdcontact.com> wrote:
> > On 09/03/2007 11:52 PM, Jerry Rubinow wrote:
> > > Using an Avermedia A180 and Verizon FIOS QAM, I did a channel scan in
> > > 0.20.2, and then a Fetch.  From what I read, it sounded like this was
> > > supposed to fill in the xmltvid's, but it did not.  What should I
> > > check that might have been set incorrectly?  Or is it possibly a bug?
> >
> > Not a bug (in Myth).  Probably your cable company doesn't include enough
> > information in the channels to link them up with data from SD.  That
> > means you'll have to manually provide the information using the channel
> > editor.  If you set Myth channel callsigns to match those in the SD
> > data, Fetch will probably fill in xlmtvid's for you.
>
> No dice.  I tried putting in callsigns for some, but Fetch did
> nothing.  I also tried putting in xmltvid's for some, and Fetch still
> did nothing.  I tried watching live, hitting E, and then hitting the
> Probe button (both for ones where I'd entered call signs and ones
> where I'd entered xmltvids), still nothing.

And now when I did a mfdb run, it put back in all the channels I had
removed into both of my non-QAM lineups.

What signals mfdb not to add channels you've removed back into the database?

-Jerry