[mythtv-users] First mythfilldatabase creates duplicate channel entries.

[Michael T. Dean]

On 05/08/2009 10:41 AM, Jason Sullivan wrote:
> I'm upgrading to Ubuntu Jaunty, and trying to migrate my mythbackend
> setup.  After a few hiccups, I decided to do a clean install of mythtv
> onto Ubuntu (using the mythbuntu package), and merge in some of the
> info from my old install.  I haven't done the merge yet, just working
> with the completely clean install.
>
> I do a channel scan on my PVR-500 card to get the cable channels into
> the database, then exit setup and run mythfilldatabase.  Watching the
> channel table during this process, I see the "UNKNOWN[number]"
> channels populate the table just fine.  Then when mythfilldatabase
> runs (using Schedules direct as its data source), it adds several
> channels to the table, causing duplicate entries to show up.
>
> What I end up with is a series of channels, different numbers, all
> called "TVGN" with the same program data when I view it it mythweb.
> Looking at the channel table, each "TVGN" channel number that isn't
> supposed to be TVGN has two entries in the table, the first one being
> TVGN and the second one being the right one.
>
> Any idea how/why mythfilldatabase is doing this?  I've asked SD the
> same question, but the XML file looks right (or at least not obviously
> broken).
>   

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Mike