[mythtv-users] Trouble Adding Channel

[DryHeat122]

On Sat, Jan 22, 2022, 2:39 PM Mike Perkins <mikep at randomtraveller.org.uk>
wrote:

> 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.
>
> --
>
> Mike Perkins


I'm in the US.

There doesn't seem to be any way to select an item from the xmltv file
within the channel editor. I looked at the entry for 1048, and duplicated
that with the channel ID shown in SD website for my lineup. Something is
obviously not right, tho.
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