[mythtv-users] Issues with guide.xml & channels.conf (Sydney, AU)
Bruce Nordstrand
brucen at ksl.com.au
Wed Aug 9 16:39:23 UTC 2006
Bruce Nordstrand wrote:
> Hi Aussies
>
> I finally got my Myth box connected to TV card. I installed my Compro
> Videomate DVB-T300 yesterday and got it working. Currently I am only
> able to get ABC, 7 & Ten due to my aerial being a high band, not a wide
> band. Strangely enough, it is pointed at Illawarra for my analog
> channels but picks up digital from Gore Hill, not Illawarra!
>
> Anyway...
>
> I have a guide.xml produced by the new rex.pl script (thanks BTW,
> excellent stuff!) which defines the channels as ABC, ABC2, Nine, SBS, 7
> and TEN.
>
> But, when I created my channels.conf via dvbscan, it returns things like
> ABC TV Sydney, 7 Digital 1, Ten Digital 1 etc etc. After I imported
> channels.conf into Myth and then did a mythfilldatabase --file 0 -1
> /home/mythtv/guide.xml, nothing matches up and the channels as defined
> in the guide.xml are included. I tried setting the ones imported via
> channels.conf to the XMLTV ID's (abc.free.au, seven.free.au etc defined
> in running the rex script) but that does not seem to work - nothing
> shows on the Guide pages.
>
> Am I doing something wrong? Can someone fill me in on the right way to
> do things? Does anyone have a channels.conf that either defines north
> shore channels or the illawarra channels (or both)?
>
> Getting so close to having this work. My wife is even open to getting a
> new aerial as she can now see the potential. She wants Rove recorded as
> she misses it due to us watching something else, and my kids have
> ordered the Simpsons. I recorded Spicks & Specks on a manual recording
> so it happened while I was out walking the dog. When I got back I showed
> her and she was impressed.
>
> Anyway, I would appreciate any assistance
>
> Cheers
> Bruce
>
>
Oh, I forgot to add that the channel numbers after importing
channels.conf are like 501, 503, 510 etc - where are these numbers
coming from?
Cheers
Bruce
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