[mythtv-users] channels don't correspond exactly with tv_grab_na

Robert Howard mrroberthoward at yahoo.com
Mon Sep 29 08:32:03 EDT 2003


Thanks the down load works now:)
Still can't figure out how to delete videos though

Robert

--- Joe Schmidt <joe_schmidt at nospammail.net> wrote:
> Thanks! I'll give it a try.
> 
> On Tue, 2003-09-23 at 03:50, Dane Kantner wrote:
> > > Whenever I ran mythfilldatabase, it usually
> works almost perfectly,
> > > except that some of the channels do not
> correspond correctly with the
> > > numbers. For example, channel 10 is listed as
> the HomeShopping Network,
> > > when in fact it is really showing WLIW. Channel
> 41, listed as Spike TV
> > > is actually showing the Home Shopping Network.
> How can I specify that
> > > for some channel numbers, a different channel's
> listing should be
> > > retrieved?
> > 
> > you can do one of two things.... the listings come
> from zap2it.com ... so,
> > you can go there and check for a different listing
> of your provider in your
> > zip code (if you look the URL it'll give you the #
> you need, or just
> > remember the position of the 'right one' in the
> list).  If your cable
> > provider recently swapped these channels, it could
> take a little time for
> > zap2it to get them up to date... if they've always
> been that way, it may be
> > that your cable provider just doesnt list the
> multiple systems but switches
> > some channels for whatever reason.  if you go to
> tvguide.com and the
> > listings match that of zap2it, this is probably
> the case...  if thats not
> > the case theres an e-mail address on zap2it's page
> where you can report
> > incorrect listings.
> > 
> > in the case that the zap2it info is correct as far
> as they're concerned, you
> > can manually configure the channels to swap
> yourself.  run
> > mythfilldatabase --manual ... hit "enter" on
> everything you *dont* want to
> > change... (it'll default as though you hadn't ran
> manual)... you can enter
> > diff channel info for those channels that are
> really wrong.  once you do
> > this, the settings will keep until you run
> --manual again or delete/readd
> > the provider.
> > 
> > -dane kantner
> > 
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