[mythtv-users] Anyone in UK - Don't forget to do your DVB-T retune today.

[Paul Gardiner]

Neil Bird wrote:
> Around about 06/10/09 12:01, Paul Gardiner typed ...
>> I don't quite get this. What is it achieving over and above just a few
>> database updates, like e.g. the ones below? I thought you might be
>> picking up the xmltvids or correct channel numbers automatically,
>> but you still seem to have those hardwired.
> 
>   It is using the updated scan data from tzap, and doing minimal updates 
> to the database from that instead of getting Myth to re-scan and 
> potentially stuff the channel, for all the reasons I've listed plus:  
> another post has reminded me that Myth never managed to scan the 
> channels properly for me anyway, I had to do an import from a tzap 
> channels.conf I'd made.
> 
>   I'd rather see the small no. of changes that need to be made to get 
> the tuning right, than rely on Myth magic I know has failed me in the past.
> 
> 
>   That said, I'm am aware that I may have to take the plunge again at 
> some point, and am considering putting some of my wishes to one side and 
> setting the callsigns to match the broadcast names (so that a scan has a 
> chance of matching up again later;  I can change my script to do that), 
> so I can see myself using a version of the script you listed to reset 
> xmltvid/channum values anyway.
> 
>   But not yet.

I was just wondering if you could make a simple mysql script that did
both the renamings you mentioned, and the channel/xmltvid settings.
Then you wouldn't lose anything in a complete retune. I could well
be failing to understand all you've said, though.

P.