[mythtv-users] Where is the problem with mythfilldatabase?

[Michael T. Dean]

On 04/09/2008 07:40 AM, shacky wrote:
> I taked some hours to insert all my about 500 channels in MythTV and
> then run "mythfilldatabase --manual".
> On each channel asked by mythfilldatabase I inserted the channel
> number in MythTV as channel ID and channel number and I configured all
> channels.
> Then I ran "mythfilldatabase" and waited for the program information
> to be downloaded.
> I ran mythfrontend and I discovered a beautiful situation: no channel
> was modified, but now I have two copies for each channel, one without
> program listings and one with program listings, like this:
>
> Channel "101", name "101" with correct program listings, and
> Channel "101", name "RAI1" without program listings.
>
> I made a screenshot:
> http://img508.imageshack.us/img508/5109/mythfrontendyx1.jpg .
>
> What I mistaked?
> Could you help me please?
>
> Thank you very much!

Just so we don't keep getting a new message every day...

You did it backwards.  If using mythfilldatabase to insert the channels
into the DB, you do that, /then/ you edit them to change channel
numbers, names, etc. as desired.

If you have a channel in the DB and you want to associate listings data
with that channel, you need to ensure it has the proper xmltvid /before/
you run mythfilldatabase.

So, now, you get to start over.  See
http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/264034#264034 for how
to clean up your current broken database, and read the entries on the
wiki ( http://wiki.mythtv.org/ ) that talk about channel configuration,
xmltvid, ...

Mike