[mythtv-users] Unable to fix listing after channel lineup update.

Mike Perkins mikep at randomtraveller.org.uk
Thu Jul 3 09:04:14 UTC 2014


On 03/07/14 07:59, Karl Dietz wrote:
> On 03.07.2014 06:19, Oz Dror wrote:
>>
>> My cable provider (time warner) change many of the channels from eastern
>> to pacific zone.
>> for example the history channel was changed from  HSTRYHD to HSTRYHP.
>> The Chnnel number was not changed (i.e. 439)
>>
>> In mythtv-setup I deleted the source for the cable (I thought that by
>> doing that I deleted all the channels) Than I setup a new source and
>> updated it with schedule direct. After updating the database I am
>> getting both the HSTRYHD and HSTRYHP assigned to channel 439. The
>> channel-ID for HSTRYHD is 5439 and for HSTRYHP it is 6485. It should be
>> 5439 and I should not be seeing the old channel HSTRYHD. Because of the
>> wrong channel. Whenever I select channel 439 I get HSTRYHD, which is the
>> wrong one.
>>
>> For some reason mythtv has a "memory" of the old channel that cannot be
>> erased. Any ideas how to fix that. I have tried everything including
>> deleting the channel from the channel record in mysql. As soon as I do
>> the update I hat the old channel.
>
> This sounds like you did the right thing on the MythTV side, but I'm not sure
> what the right thing even is on the Schedules Direct side.
>
> It is possible that the lineup has not been updated at schedules direct, yet. Or
> that the update of your accounts lineup did not work out as expected.
> http://forums.schedulesdirect.org/viewforum.php?f=6 has some information on how
> to report or fix it.
>
I think I'd be more concerned over a cable provider who changed the channels to 
ones four time zones away.

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Mike Perkins



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