[mythtv-users] Adding new channels

[John Veness]

myth at pbj-design.dk wrote:
> Hey mythList.
> 
> Since I have an "Under the stairs solution" connected along with a
> satelite dish,  I have some questions.
> 
> In Denmark We have Viasat - which has some extra Channels for special events.
> Such as Champions Leauge matches - They will show all games live on those
> channels - But there's no EPG or anything to these channels. I would like
> to add those channels to my system, so that I have the chance to use them
> on these nigths.
> 
> Is it possible to add new channels without having them to grab the EPG
> list anywhere - and is it possible from anywhere else from mythtv-setup on
> the CORE server. Is it possible from the webgui to add those channels? I
> have tried but cannot seem to find a way to add these - unless I do it
> directly on the mainserver - but since I have no screen etc - and standing
> in a difficult place to get to - it's quite tricky to do that - so if
> there's another way to do it - I'll be happy with that.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> per Jørgensen

You can ssh to your backend from a machine with a display with X 
forwarding (either the -X or -Y option, I'm never quite sure) and run 
mythtv-setup, with the GUI appearing on the machine running the ssh client.

John

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John Veness, MythTV user, UK, DVB-T