[mythtv-users] Manual channel configuration

[Pshem Kowalczyk]

On 01/02/06, maurice at perry.ch <maurice at perry.ch> wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> I am trying to setup a mythtv (0.18.1) installation. I live in switzerland and none of the proposed grabber suits my needs.
>
> So I have seen that mythfilldatabase has a --manual that is supposed to allow the manual configuration of channels, but if I run mythfilldatabase with the --manual option without having created any datasource, I get the following output:
>
> ###
> ### Running in manual channel configuration mode.
> ### This will ask you questions about every channel.
> ###
> 2006-01-31 21:23:26.198 New DB connection, total: 1
> There are no channel sources defined, did you run the setup program?
>
>
> and If I create a dummy video source, the --manual option seems to be simply ignored.
>
> Can anyone help me to enter manual the channels ?
>

The easiest way (IMHO) is to tune the channels using xawtv, and then
import the channels using mythfilldatabase --xawchannels .

regards
pshemko