[mythtv-users] Duplicate Channels Cleanup

[Michael T. Dean]

On 09/15/2014 01:24 PM, Karl Newman wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 15, 2014 at 10:14 AM, Martin Compton wrote:
>> Michael: no scanning, all data direct.  No manual modifications until
>> after mythfilldatabase updated the channels in unexpected ways (deletion,
>> and reassigning channum, having the effect of deleting the channel, even
>> though it is in the SD lineup), that's when I noticed the duplicates.
>>
>> Won't the "Delete All Video Sources" re-fetch process cause me to lose my
>> recording history?
>>
> It will cause you to lose the associated channel information for your
> recordings,

if (and only if) your channel IDs change, and they generally won't if 
your channel numbers are the same.

>   and you'd need to re-create any recording rules which specify
> "This Channel",

if (and only if) your channel call signs change, and they probably won't 
if you just use the ones from Schedules Direct rather than changing them 
to your own values.

>   but your recording history would otherwise be intact.

Exactly.

Mike