[mythtv-users] limiting channels to grab with xmltv
Jim Chandler
jim at n0vh.org
Wed Dec 3 11:06:07 EST 2003
I do exactly this. I have removed all the shopping channels, etc from my
xmltv pull.
Here's how I did it. Login as the user that does the pulls (mythtv for
me).
cd to $HOME/.mythtv and you should find a *.xmltv file. Mine happens to
be Cable.xmltv This is what xmltv uses for information for the pull.
Simply edit it and put a "not" in front of the channels that you don't want.
For example,
channel: 5 KENS
not channel: 6 GALA
channel: 7 KRRT
not channel: 8 KWEX
Works like a charm.
On Tue, 2 Dec 2003 17:10:29 -0500
"IvanK." <chepati at yahoo.com> wrote:
> I would like to limit the number of channels xmltv/mythfilldatabase
> pulls in order to populate the database, since I'm not interested in
> most of them. But I was wondering what the effects will be on mythtv.
>
> If I need to pull info only on channels, say, 1,2,3,4, 24,32,101, would
> mythtv know that these are channels 1,2,3,4,24,32,101, or would it think
> they are 1,2,3,4,5,6,7? Would browsing work?
>
> An important detail is that I'm using a script to change channels on my
> cable box.
>
> I believe everything will work, but wanted to verify this. I can limit
> the channels I want by prepending not in the xmltv file.
>
> Thanks,
> IvanK.
>
>
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