[mythtv-users] Wholesale changing of channel numbers - how and where? [UK Sky changes]

[Nick]

On 27/10/05, Ant Daniel <antdaniel at gmail.com> wrote:
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> On 10/27/05, Neil Bird <neil at fnxweb.com> wrote:
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> >    Sky in the UK are going to, on (I believe) Tues. 22 Nov. this year
> > completely re-organise nearly all of their channels' numbers.
> >
> >    I've previously coped with their minor changes OK by fiddling with the
> > channel and frequency via MythWeb, but this does mean that I've now
> several
> > channels whose numbers don't match their chanid (which I know is largely
> > unimportant) but with such a large change, I'd like to completely re-sync.
> >
> >    I'm aware that changing the chanids in mythconverg.channel will affect
> > other stuff, not least of which is the listings.  What other things would
> it
> > affect?  What tables and fields do I need to fiddle with to correctly
> realign
> > chanids?
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> > --
> > [neil at fnx ~]# rm -f .signature
> > [neil at fnx ~]# ls -l .signature
> > ls: .signature: No such file or directory
> > [neil at fnx ~]# exit
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>  This has been bugging me lately as well.
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>  I was wondering if some how we could produce a general conf &/or sql and
> maybe get it included in contrib for all sky users. However I realise that
> some people don't have certain channels/packages.

I'd be happy to get a complete ntl:digital one completed and submitted
when I have a spare afternoon if anyone's interested. I think they are
also going to do a big renumber after their tie-up with TeleWest.

Nick