[mythtv-users] Trouble Adding Channel

[Mike Perkins]

On 22/01/2022 18:15, DryHeat122 wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 21, 2022 at 9:44 PM Stephen Worthington <
> stephen_agent at jsw.gen.nz> wrote:
> 
>> On Fri, 21 Jan 2022 21:00:15 -0700, you wrote:
>>
>>> I have tried to add a channel, TBSHD, 1049 on a cable box connected to my
>>> hdpvr but it's not working.
>>>
>>> In channel editor, I have chanel name TBSHD, channel number 1049, callsign
>>> 11996, and service ID 1049. I entered the first two but I'm not sure how
>>> the last two got set.
>>>
>>> This channel is enabled in Schedules Direct (I double checked) and I have
>>> run mythfilldatabase after making this change.
>>>
>>> On the program guide the channel shows up but there are no program
>> entries,
>>> it just says Unknown (Unknown)
>>>
>>> How can I fix this?
>>
>> You need to set the correct xmltvid for the channel, to match what
>> Schedules Direct provides.
>>
>> I've done that, and no help.  Still no entries in the program guide. The
> entry I made was I67890.json.schedulesdirect.org  I don't see any errors
> regarding that channel in mythfilldatabase output.
> 
> I tried to set everything else based on an example from another working
> channel. I still don't know how "service ID" got set. I may have set that
> accidentally but I don't know if it matters, or indeed what that setting is
> for.  There doesn't seem to be a way to clear it so maybe it got set
> automatically after all.
> 
I'm not sure where in the world you are but if you're using an xmltv grabber to fill your schedule, 
you'll need a corresponding entry in the .xmltv file which the grabber runs. I don't think that just 
filling in the field in the channel record is enough.

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Mike Perkins