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</div>This is what happens in the UK, Nick. You do a scan for digital channels, and<br>
the scanner builds a complete list of what you can receive - based on<br>
over-the-air data. So far so good. But then you run mythfilldatabase, and it<br>
*completely* ignores the entries which are already there, instead building a<br>
complete duplicate list with the xmltvids in, plus variations on the callsign.<br>
<br>
This is a right pain in the backside. After this nonsense, I usually select and<br>
print out the whole table for reference, then delete the whole lot, re-scan and<br>
enter (by hand) the correct callsigns and xmltvids in the channel entries I know<br>
are going to receive content.<br>
<br>
Needless to say I don't do this very often.<br>
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</div><div><br></div></div></span></blockquote><div><br></div><div>I'm thinking aloud a little here. What about a script that scrapes one of the websites that lists all the channel data for the bird you are interested in (something like <a href="http://en.kingofsat.net/pos-28.2E.php">http://en.kingofsat.net/pos-28.2E.php</a> for the UK FTA stuff) inserts the relevant XMLTV id's etc etc and builds a channel sql table from there. </div>
<div><br></div><div>What I'm thinking is that we shouldn't need to scan for any channels (for either DVB-S or DVB-T) here in the UK as all the information about what channel is on what mux and the relevant PIDs etc. Can't we tell MythTV what channels are available?</div>
<div><br></div><div>I don't know how many tables are required or how feasible this is. I'm guessing its more complicated than the channel table. I suppose the dtv_multiplex table would also be involved but could this be created in a similar way?</div>
<div><br></div><div>If someone can explain to me exactly what tables need what data, then I might see if I can have a go at hacking something together!</div><div><br></div><div>Chris</div><div><br></div></div>