[mythtv-users] Invalid chanid

[Nick Morrott]

On 20/03/07, Ron Scott <ronnie.scott at gmail.com> wrote:
> Does anyone know why an invalid chanid might be created in the tvchain
> and inuseprograms for a particular channel.
>
> I am running .20 mythtv and currenly I have one channel that always
> displays blank program information in the nowshowing areas (everything
> is fine in guide).  I think this is occuring because it thinks the
> chanid is '45673892' as shown in the inuseprograms and tvchains
> tables.   Anyone know why this might be happening?  For some reason
> when these rows in the database are entered the chanid is entered
> wrong.

Use the channel editor in mythtv-setup and check what the chanid is
set to for this channel. If it's bad there, any further use of it
could be broken.

How were your channels configured initially?

Nick
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