<div><span class="gmail_quote">On 11/20/05, <b class="gmail_sendername">Michael T. Dean</b> <<a href="mailto:mtdean@thirdcontact.com">mtdean@thirdcontact.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Mercury Morris wrote:<br><br>> A local station, WCCO-TV, changed its "Name" in the Over-The-Air (OTA)<br>> data.<br>> Previously, it was "WCCO-DT", now it's "Service".<br>><br>> When this change occurred, all the recordings scheduled for WCCO-DT
<br>> were "lost".<br>> That is, they did not show up in Upcoming Recordings, and were NOT<br>> recorded.<br>><br>> To fix this, I ran mythtv-setup, added the XMLTVID to the "new"<br>> channel called "Service",
<br>> and re-ran mythfilldatabase. Now, I will reschedule the missing<br>> programs to be recorded<br>> on "Service", and they should be recorded OK.<br>><br>> How would you have handled such a Station Name Change? Or, how have you
<br>> handled such a Station Name Change in the past?<br><br>Haven't done it myself, but shouldn't you rename "Service" to something<br>useful (like "WCCO-DT") and make sure you run mythfilldatabase without
<br>the "--do_channel_updates" option (so it doesn't overwrite your "custom"<br>channel names)?<br><br>> Maybe a better question is, Can the loss of scheduled recordings be<br>> prevented?<br><br>
Not after the fact. ;)<br><br>Before the fact, you could use Record All on Any Channel...<br><br></blockquote></div>Thanks for your answers. <br>
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I had not thought of renaming - because I don't know how.
And, I am afraid that if I DO rename, that whatever I chose for the new
name will again be ignored by mythfilldatabase. And that will
lead to the same undesirable result - all the Upcoming Recordings on
that channel will be dropped, failing to be recorded.<br>
<br>
As for Record All on Any Channel... I have chosen a different way to
have a backup. By that, I mean some extra assurance that the
programs WILL be recorded. Two backup systems, a separate MythTV
system and a VCR are also progammed to record the shows, although in
Standard Definition, not HDTV.<br>
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I am still mystified as to how and why "Service" even appeared, in the
database, in the listings, etc. The help text for
mythfilldatabase says that --do_channel_updates is off by default,
which I heretofor assumed was true. Now, I'm not so sure. I
do know that I do not specify --do_channel_updates in the command
string used to get new listings from data Direct. There doesn't
seem to be an opposite option - one that would make sure that channels
are NOT updated.<br>
<br>
It isn't rocket-science to see that changes like this at WCCO-TV are
very likely to happen again - and soon. I mean, come on WCCO
Chief Engineer! "Service"?? You can't be
serious!! It was late Friday when the change was made and we all
know how much (Software) Engineers like to make a big change to their
system, JUST BEFORE they take off for the weekend!<br>
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MM<br>
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