[mythtv-users] Removing unwanted channels - lots of them!

[Ben Lancaster]

> I'm in the UK and using the xmltv grabber to get the channel  
> listing data from Radio Times HQ. I have a uk_rt.xmltv file with  
> 260 entries!

The mistake you made was choosing "all" when you did the initial  
xmltv_rt setup, rather then selectively choose the channels available  
to freeview.

Remove the additional channels from your xmltv file and you won't see  
them again.

> I have two identical digital/freeview tuner cards in. When I look  
> at the EPG in myth I see a lot of channels (even more in the  
> Mythweb listings it seems) most of these channels I cannot receive.

This is because you'll have lots of channels on your channels table  
in mythconverg that have a channum of 0. Easiest thing to do is  
"delete * from `channels` WHERE `channum` = 0"

If you have entries that are in your xmltv conf but not in your  
channels table, MythTV will insert them back into the channels table  
next time your run mythfilldatabase. Here's the channels I have  
listed in my xmltv.conf for Freeview in the UK:

channel news-24.bbc.co.uk
channel parliament.bbc.co.uk
channel south.bbc1.bbc.co.uk
channel south.bbc2.bbc.co.uk
channel choice.bbc.co.uk
channel knowledge.bbc.co.uk
channel bid-up.tv
channel cbbc.bbc.co.uk
channel cbeebies.bbc.co.uk
channel citv.itv.co.uk
channel channel4.com
channel e4.channel4.com
channel plus-1.e4.channel4.com
channel filmfour.channel4.com
channel plus-1.filmfour.channel4.com
channel channel5.co.uk
channel life.channel5.co.uk
channel us.channel5.co.uk
channel ftn.tv
channel meridian.tv.co.uk
channel itv2.itv.co.uk
channel itv3.itv.co.uk
channel itv4.itv.co.uk
channel idealworld.tv
channel more4.channel4.com
channel price-drop.tv
channel qvcuk.com
channel sky-news.sky.com
channel news.sports.sky.com
channel sky-three.sky.com
channel tmf.nl
channel dvb.teachers.tv
channel the-hits.emap.com
channel ukbrightideas.tv
channel ukhistory.tv

Some channels don't have listings on RT, namely:

bid tv
ITV2 +1
smileTV
Community
Teachers' TV
BBC Radio 1
1Xtra BBC
BBC Radio 2
BBC Radio 3
BBC Radio 4
BBC R5 Live
BBC 5L SportsX
BBC 6 Music
BBC 7
BBC Asian Net.
BBC World Sv.
The Hits Radio
Smash Hits!
Kiss
heat
Magic
Q
oneword
smooth fm
MOJO
Kerrang!
talkSPORT
3C
Premier Radio
Virgin Radio

...but they'll all work with EIT (atleast they do where I am)

Hope that helps,

Ben