[mythtv-users] Time-Warner Cable/upcoming top-to-bottom channel reorg

[Karl Newman]

On Thu, May 29, 2014 at 7:07 PM, Michael T. Dean <mtdean at thirdcontact.com>
wrote:

> On 05/29/2014 05:01 PM, Eric Sharkey wrote:
>
>> On Thu, May 29, 2014 at 2:32 PM, Michael T. Dean wrote:
>>
>>>   If a channel with a given xmltvid disappears,
>>> delete it.
>>>
>> Which, unfortunately, does really ugly things to any existing
>> recordings referencing that channel.
>>
>
> No.  It does one of 2 things:
>
> 1) If a new channel is created with the same channel ID, then any
> recordings that were from the original channel will show as having come
> from the new channel.
> 2) If no channel with that channel ID exists, the Watch Recordings screen
> and similar will show the recording as having come from "#1021" or whatever
> the channel ID is.
>
> It has absolutely no effect whatsoever on the integrity of the data--only
> on the display of what channel aired the recording.  And, as soon as you
> watch and delete the recording--or if you plan to keep it long term, move
> it to Video Library--it won't even be a display issue anymore.
>
> Mike
>

It might be nice if the recording was tied to an xmltvid instead, so that
recordings have a chance to match up again after rescans and other video
source rebuilds. But that might violate the principle of least surprise...
"I thought that recorded on channel 12 but it's showing 44" or whatever.

Karl
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