[mythtv-users] tv_grab_au - W Channel

[David Whyte]

On 6/17/06, Paul Neilson <neilson.paul at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> The problem is with the way find_channel matches the channel heading. For
> channels like W  it will also match any other channel that starts with a W
> (e.g. The Weather Channel).  Also,  currently if no channel is found then it
> will return the last channel,  which for me is 'W'
>
> In the latest version 060617 of Michael's tv_grab_au the function is at line
> 439.  Here is my suggested change which has worked fine for me since
> January.
>
>
> sub find_channel {
>   my $chan_heading = shift;
>   my $channel;
>   for (sort { length($b) <=> length($a) } keys %chanid) {
>     if ( index(lc $chan_heading, lc $_) == 0 )
>     {
>  $channel = $_;
>  last;
>     }
>   }
>   return $channel;
> }
>
> #sub find_channel {
> #  my $chan_heading = shift;
> #  my $channel;
> #  for (sort { length($b) <=> length($a) } keys %chanid) {
> #    $channel = $_, last if index(lc $chan_heading, lc $_) >= 0;
> #  }
> #  return $channel;
> #}
>

Just sending the fix directly to Michael, since he has been doing some
updates of late.  I don't use Fox, so I have never been impacted, but
it is best to get the patch rolled into the script rather than having
to search out the fix every time.

Cheers,
Whytey