[mythtv-users] UK: Sky channel number fixer?

[dlknight at sdf.lonestar.org]

>    I was thinking of cobbling together a script which read a source of Sky
> satellite channel numbers and fixed the channum/freqid  fields in the
> database (prob. according to xmltvid) for when Sky move the things around
> (as they regularly do).
>
>    But it seems like such a common requirement that I figured someone else
> would have already done one.  Is there such a beast?
>
>
>    I'm also thinking of doing something that reads a tzap channels output
> file and fixes my DVB channels, as I have to do that semi-regularly (fix
> the
> mux+freq for certain channels);  this would require a mapping file of what
> the DVB channel name is broadcast as (I've sanitised mine, so I can't just
> rescan) to xmltvid so it can ID the channels I want.

Hi Neil,

   I myself was thinking of exactly the same task, I thought in the past
that performing a channel scan within Myth-setup actually gave the
channels their correct number ?!?! but have noticed recently some
channels get correct number but others receive random large numbers
such as 6940 (BBC HD) on my box.

   Suppose it should be a simple exercise to read in the channel names and
numbers from an external source e.g. Radio times web site ?
Freeview/Freesat web site and update the channels table within mythtv
using a sql script ?

   Keep us posted !

Cheers

Dave K.