[mythtv-users] Problem with program guide

[Josh White]

Thanks, I'll give it a try.

On 10/10/07, Greg Lake <greg12866 at nycap.rr.com> wrote:
>
> 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
>
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