[mythtv-users] DVB-T Channel Numbers (UK)

James Fidell james at fidell.co.uk
Thu Sep 27 15:55:24 UTC 2007


Ian Newby wrote:
> Hi Folks,
>     I have recently deleted all my channels and re-scanned them to cope 
> with channel re-orgainzations and I have noted that some channels are 
> coming up more than once, ie.
> 
> ITV4 appears as channel number 28 and also channel number "ITV4" both 
> with the same callsign and name
> More4 appears as channel number 14 and also channel number "More4" both 
> with the same callsign and name
> 
> Other effected channels are
> Five Life, Five US, Teachers TV, Film4+1, ITV2+1, Channel4+1
> 
> What can cause this? is it todo with mythfilldatabase?

I think it could be.  The most reliable way I've found to scan for
channels is to run scan beforehand to create a channels.conf file
and import that to create the channel list.  If mythfilldatabase
is run externally I just quit without adding any data.

James


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