[mythtv-users] UK_Atlas Unknown xmltv channel identifier

[Michael T. Dean]

On 02/04/2015 09:04 AM, Tim Draper wrote:
> I've gone through a full reinstall of OS&  mythtv BE, have come to configure xmltv and it works for the vast majority of channels.
> there are one or two it refuses to get xml data for. BBC1 for example.
>
> grepping the info out, it seems 'westmidlands.bbc1.bbc.co.uk' is the most appropriate.
> # tv_grab_uk_atlas --list-channels --config-file .xmltv/tv_grab_uk_atlas-freesat.conf |grep 1.bbc.co.uk
>    <channel id="westmidlands.bbc1.bbc.co.uk">
>    <channel id="hd.bbc1.bbc.co.uk">
>    <channel id="london.bbc1.bbc.co.uk">
>    <channel id="ci.bbc1.bbc.co.uk">
>    <channel id="eastmidlands.bbc1.bbc.co.uk">
>    <channel id="east.bbc1.bbc.co.uk">
>    <channel id="westmidlands.bbc1.bbc.co.uk">
>    <channel id="north-west.bbc1.bbc.co.uk">
>    <channel id="north-east.bbc1.bbc.co.uk">
>    <channel id="northern-ireland.bbc1.bbc.co.uk">
>    <channel id="oxfordshire.bbc1.bbc.co.uk">
>    <channel id="south-east.bbc1.bbc.co.uk">
>    <channel id="scotland.bbc1.bbc.co.uk">
>    <channel id="south.bbc1.bbc.co.uk">
>    <channel id="south-west.bbc1.bbc.co.uk">
>    <channel id="westmidlands.bbc1.bbc.co.uk">
>    <channel id="wales.bbc1.bbc.co.uk">
>    <channel id="west.bbc1.bbc.co.uk">
>    <channel id="yorkshire.bbc1.bbc.co.uk">
>    <channel id="lincolnshire.bbc1.bbc.co.uk">
>    <channel id="hd.bbc1.bbc.co.uk">
>    <channel id="hd.scotland.bbc1.bbc.co.uk">
>    <channel id="hd.wales.bbc1.bbc.co.uk">
>    <channel id="hd.northern-ireland.bbc1.bbc.co.uk">
>
> filling the db:
> # mythfilldatabase | grep westmidlands.bbc1.bbc.co.uk
> Unknown xmltv channel identifier: westmidlands.bbc1.bbc.co.uk - Skipping channel.
>
> even xmltv says the XMLID is correct: http://supplement.xmltv.org/tv_grab_uk_atlas/tv_grab_uk_atlas.map.channels.conf
>
> what gives? other BBC channels (bbc1HD, bbc2, bbc3 etc) are all getting data. When i generated the conf files for xmltv, i enabled all channels.

All it means is that there's no channel whose XMLTV ID is set to 
westmidlands.bbc1.bbc.co.uk in that video source in your MythTV 
database.  So, if you want to use that data, set the value as the XMLTV 
ID for one of your channels.

Mike