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

[Michael T. Dean]

On 04/25/2007 02:26 PM, Mike Dent wrote:
> On 4/25/07, Michael T. Dean <mtdean at thirdcontact.com> wrote:
>   
>> On 04/25/2007 11:06 AM, Mike Dent wrote:
>>     
>>> On 4/25/07, Ben Lancaster <lists at benlancaster.co.uk> wrote:
>>>>> 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.
>>>>         
>>> I assume I cannot just run mythtv-setup again and correct this?
>>>       
>> Actually, running mythtv-setup and using the "Delete all video sources"
>> button to remove all video sources (and it has to be "Delete all") and
>> then re-creating video sources, input connections, and channels is the
>> best approach.  Doing so will clean out everything that's not needed.
> just done that, all looked good until I ran mythfilldatabase and now
> the EPG is full
> of every channel I dont want now?
> I checked the EPG before running mythfilldatabase and it seemed ok, ie
> only the UK freeview channels were there.

Right.  As explained by Peter and Ben, you'll need to fix your xmltv 
configuration, too.  So, once that's done, repeat the Delete all and 
you'll be set...

Mike