[mythtv-users] Teething problem - duplicate channels

[Andrew Lyon]

> Andrew Lyon wrote:
> > On 11/5/06, Antony Gelberg <antony at wayforth.co.uk> wrote:
> >> Hi all,
> >>
> >> I've just set up a MythTV box with a single DVB-T card, and I can easily
> >> say it's been one of the most rewarding home computing experiences I've
> >> had for years.  I look forward to getting my teeth stuck further in.
> >>
> >> I have a question about the channel listing.  In the mythtv-setup
> >> channel listing, all is fine.  However, if I look at it via mythweb
> >> (much more useful imo), or indeed via the EPG, there is something odd
> >> happening.
> >>
> >> First in the list - all the channels that it should have picked up for
> >> Freeview, radio included.  However, xmltvid is empty, so these get
> >> nothing in the EPG.  Further on in the list are the TV channels,
> >> duplicated from above, with xmltvid filled in, and channum set to a name
> >> not number (e.g. "BBC ONE So" instead of 1.
> >>
> >> I'd like to know why this might have happened, and what is the correct
> >> set of channels to keep?  Do I keep the ones with the real channums and
> >> fill in the xmltvids manually?
> >
> > Thats what I did, I  manually entered the xmltvid's into the channels
> > I wanted to use and then ran mythfilldatabase.
> >
> > Timeconsuming, but it worked.. and hopefully you will only need to do it once.
> >
>
> Great, then that's what I'll do.  I'm interested to know why I had the
> problem that I did though.
>
> Also, I take it that I have to keep on top of new channels when they
> come out on Freeview, and re-run the channel scan?
> _______________________________________________

Yes, run a full scan of existing transports, that will pick up any new channels.

Be careful if you have changed any of the channel numbers as the
channel scanner will   change them back, there might be a way to avoid
that but if there is I've not found it yet.

Andy
Andy