[mythtv-users] A hope regarding the new SchedulesDirect methodology

[Michael T. Dean]

On 08/09/2007 09:03 AM, Tom Greer wrote:
> This certainly looks like it will solve the problem of requiring
> multiple accounts to download the lineup data.  I'll have to give this
> a try.
>
> But it still is not the *best* way to handle this.  My situation is a
> little different; but I think it represents the typical in the real
> world. 
>
> cablebox.config
> channel: 1
> channel: 2
> channel: 3
> channel: 4
>
> qamtuner.config
> channel: 1
> channel: 2
> (3 and 4 excluded)
>
> In this scenario, mythfilldatabase runs twice, once for each of the
> tuner configurations.  However, since the qamtuner.config is a subset
> of the cablebox.config, the second run is completely wasted, all the
> data duplicates existing data in the database.
>
> Since mythfilldatabase taxes the system, it would make a lot of sense
> to consolidate the channels required and update the database in a
> single pass.

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Mike