[mythtv-users] DataDirect problems?

[Tom Lichti]

Paul Archer wrote:
> As an update: my script to toss the unwanted channels is OK, but I'm seeing 
> another problem. Again, I can't tell if the problem is on the mythtv side, 
> or the DataDirect side.
> Basically, I'm getting several channels that have different channel numbers 
> and frequency numbers (channum and freqid fields in the channels table of 
> the database don't match).
> I've tracked part of the problem down to the output of DataDirect (by using 
> xmltv). DD sends several different descriptions, one of which is the 
> broadcast frequency (marked with 'fcc'). And sure enough, every channel that 
> is wrong has the broadcast frequency. Now, I can fix this, but some (but not 
> all) of the channels also have the wrong programming data.
> I'm using the latest revision of mythtv out of SVN.
> Any ideas/suggestions on how to, at the very least, get the right guide data 
> in the database?
>
> Paul Archer
>   
The current SVN version of mythfilldatabase allows you to specify if you 
want to update the channel lineup or not. Sounds like it already does 
what you want, or am I missing something?

Tom