[mythtv-users] Easiest way to edit channels

[Paul Harrison]

On 17/12/2021 01:21, Kevin Johnson wrote:

>
>
> On Tue, Dec 14, 2021 at 1:42 PM Simon <linux at thehobsons.co.uk 
> <mailto:linux at thehobsons.co.uk>> wrote:
>
>     Kevin Johnson <iitywygms at gmail.com <mailto:iitywygms at gmail.com>>
>     wrote:
>
>     > Thank you for the suggestion.  Do I need to do this for each and
>     every channel?
>     > That would be kind of time consuming doing it for 900 channels. 
>     Maybe I am not understanding?
>
>     Yes, it is time consuming - but whatever method you use will be
>     time consuming with 900 channels.
>     But, by scripting it, you put in a bit more effort up front and
>     save time later. I use a script which is a little developed from
>     https://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Database_editing_script
>     <https://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Database_editing_script> The script
>     as shown there adds 10,000 to the channel number if it’s not 7nn
>     (radio channels on our UK Freeview) to move everything out of the
>     way. Then it makes all but radio channels non-visible.
>     Then for each “useful*” channel it sets it back to visible, gives
>     it a sensible channel number, and sets the xmltv identifier for
>     listings.
>
>     Yes, it’s a complete pita to set up the first time, then just a
>     minor pita to maintain each time Freeview changes stuff.
>
>     But whenever I need to re-scan, I can just “delete all channels,
>     scan, run the script and see all my channels reset as they were”.
>     Then it’s a case of looking to see what channels are still at
>     10,000 upwards and not visible (they still chow in the channel
>     editor in MythWeb) and edit the script to catch those I want.
>
>     * For whatever value of “useful” you apply - pesonally I don’t
>     want to see shopping channels etc. I’m guessing that you’ll have a
>     lot of encrypted channels you can detect in a scan but which
>     aren’t usable.
>
>
>     > Command line editing a database is just not something I am
>     familiar with.
>
>     Yeah, it’s not the easiest thing in the world to learn.
>
>     Simon
>
>
> So I was able to figure out chedit2.pl <http://chedit2.pl> and have 
> been successfully editing the database.
> Once I get the database trimmed, what is the best way to have the 
> channels I have removed from the database not show in the guide?
> Is there an option using mythfilldatabase?  Or do I now need to delete 
> the unused channels using mythweb or channel editor on the backend?
>
> Thanks for all the help
>

Add  '--only-update-guide' to the mythfilldatabase parameters and it 
wont update the channels.

https://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Mythfilldatabase#Channels


Paul H.

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