[mythtv-users] Problem with program guide

[Greg Lake]

Josh White wrote:
> That was just an example.  Every channel "x" has a description "x 
> adding channel" when you look in the channel menu, or in the guide 
> (the left most column).  So the history channel, which is on channel 
> 42 where I live, says "42 adding channel" rather than "42 HISTORY" as 
> it says on the table on schedulesdirect.org 
> <http://schedulesdirect.org>.  I tried to post screen shots, but the 
> moderators have to approve my post since it's larger that 40kb.  
> However, when I record a program, all the relevant information is 
> there, such as the name of the episode, the synopsis, but the channel 
> is still displayed as"x adding channel." 
>
> I also have a stranger problem.  When I first set my system up and 
> began receiving data form Schedulesdirect.org 
> <http://Schedulesdirect.org>, somewhere in the middle of my lineup the 
> channels fell out of sync.  Somewhere around channel 24 there are a 
> couple of channels that do not belong (that is to say, channel 24 has 
> the correct information, but channel 25 does not, and channel 26 does 
> not.  Channel 27 has the information for channel 25, channel 28 has 
> the information for channel 26...).  I assumed that was do to some 
> irregularity between what I receive from my cable provider and what I 
> should receive, but I never had time to fix it.  I waited a day until 
> I had time, and when I checked again, the data matched exactly, and 
> the "extra" two channels were no longer listed in my guide.  I then 
> figured this was just something that went wrong with a 
> "mythfilldatabase" that was corrected on the next automatic run over 
> night.  Then, last night in an attempt to correct the first problem I 
> mentioned, in poking around on schedules direct, I edited/saved my 
> lineup, and then did another mythfilldatabase.  As of this morning, my 
> listing is off again, but if history repeats itself, all I have to do 
> to fix it is wait till tomorrow.  I don't like that solution.
>
> Are these problems unique?  Has anyone else experienced anything 
> similar?  I know of one solution, but it seems like treating the 
> symptoms and not addressing the cause.  I would imagine this is caused 
> either by bad data coming in, or a database problem.  I haven't 
> rearranged anything on schedules direct, and I haven't messed with the 
> database, so I'm not sure where to go next.  Any advice would be 
> appreciated. 
>
> I've tried searching the wiki, but I have a hard time describing those 
> two problems in a keyword search string. 
>
> On 10/10/07, *Phil Bridges* <gravityhammer at gmail.com 
> <mailto:gravityhammer at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     On 10/10/07, Josh White < jaw1959 at gmail.com
>     <mailto:jaw1959 at gmail.com>> wrote:
>     > I have a problem where the channel descriptions do not show up
>     in the
>     > program guide.  When I look at my channels in the table on
>     > shedulesdirect.org <http://shedulesdirect.org>, I see "17 TBS"
>     but the same channel on the "channels"
>     > screen in myth shows up as "adding channel 17."  The show
>     description shows
>     > up correctly when I change channels.  I'm not sure how to fix
>     this other
>     > than to manually edit each channel, but that seems like the
>     wrong solution.
>     > Any Ideas?
>     >
>
>     If you're in the Atlanta area, remember that WTBS isn't on channel 17
>     anymore - there have been lineup changes.  I'm not sure if SD/TMS have
>     made thoase changes yet, but it may help to check your lineup on the
>     SD website.
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Run this command, It's the only way i know to fix this..I am sure there 
is others....
mythfilldatabase --do-channel-updates