[mythtv-users] Channel Line-up change and previously recorded

[David Engel]

On Thu, May 24, 2018 at 03:34:34PM -0500, Greg Oliver wrote:
> I just dropped a channel lineup from SD and all of my previous recordings
> show no channel, etc now.
> 
> I see why from the tables themselves, but was just wondering if people keep
> their lineups around forever (I have non-watched recordings from 2013
> still) so their displays are not #xxxx on each recording..  Seems overkill
> and a huge waste of bandwidth for (what I consider an oversight) cosmetics.
> 
> Now my question - is there an easy way to keep the channel metadata without
> pulling all new listings so this issue goes away?
> 
> TIA,

Yes.  In mythtv-setup, set the listings grabber to "No grabber" for
the no longer wanted videosources.  That will save bandwidth by no
longer fetching new guide data.  Then, set all of the channels for
those videosources to invisible.  That will prevent the channels from
showin up in the EPG.

Eacy channel management is an area that needs a lot of work.  Gary
Buhrmaster has some nice scripts that help a little for users with
HDHomerun Primes.  Still, there's a lot more we can and should do.

David
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David Engel
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