[mythtv-users] Killing all known channels, dead

[David Watkins]

On 31/10/05, Jo Shields <directhex at apebox.org> wrote:
> DVB-T, rather handily, automatically adds new channels when they appear.
> This happens both with my set-top boxes, and with Myth. However, there's
> a tendancy to re-add channels I went to the effort of deleting - I don't
> want QVC, I don't want scrambled Cartoon Network, and I'm not really
> after Television X either.
>
> Is there a way to make removed DVB channels stay removed, rather than
> coming back from the grave like a plague of zombies?

I removed the 'visible' flag and deleted the channel number from the database.

I used phpadmin, but I think you can do this via mythtvsetup.  I must
admit I didn't really know what I was doing, but it worked for me.

Good Luck.

D