[mythtv-users] Database Structure
DaveD
mythtv at guiplot.com
Thu May 20 04:01:28 UTC 2010
Comcast keeps moving channels around on me. I have to rescan and
manually update xmltv ID and channel numbers every time they move
stuff. This time they've only moved a single channel (105, HD version
of 5) and I'd like to just update that info. If I do a complete rescan,
I'm starting from scratch with all channels so I want to just update
that channel but I don't know how the database stores the info. There
are lots-O-tables with lots-O-fields.
I have a system I use for playing around and experimenting and I did a
scan on that system just to make sure that 105 was still actually
available. It is, and the clear QAM HD channel shows up as 5_1 and
plays fine (just like it used to on my real system before they moved
it). So now I have all the info I need to fix the broken database
exported from my test system. I'm looking for enough information to
figure out what fields from the test database I should import into the
regular system's database to get 105 working like 5_1 from the test system.
Is there a comprehensive, definitive guide/document somewhere
(preferably up-to-date) that explains all the tables and fields and what
they are used for and how they interact? What is freqid, mplexid, etc?
What's the channelscan_channel table used for? I'd really rather learn
to "fish" (to really understand the database schema), if I can find
enough info somewhere. I know, I can always download the source....
Dave D.
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