[mythtv-users] Help, Channel change script's first argument aint channel number

[Evuraan::ഏവൂരാന്‍]

Michael T. Dean wrote:
> On 01/06/2008 12:38 AM, Evuraan::ഏവൂരാന്‍ wrote:
>   
>> On Jan 5, 2008 10:31 PM, Michael T. Dean <mtdean at thirdcontact.com> wrote:
>>   
>>     
>>> The freqid /is/ the channel number--unless someone changes it to a
>>> frequency (in kHz). In other words, if you want a channel number instead
>>> of a frequency, change your freqid values to the channel number using
>>> the channel editor in mythtv-setup or MythWeb.
>>>       
>> Well,  I modified my channel change script to do a mysql db lookup to
>> find the channum against the given freqid:
>>
>> The full script is here, in case anyone else ever needs it:
>>
>> http://malayalam.homelinux.net/evuraan/change-channel.sh.txt
>>
>> Thanks for your time..!
>>   
>>     
>
>   
Thanks.

I tried to, in mythtv-setup, ( no mythweb here) -  seems like I will 
have to manually edit the 165+ channels? Unless I am missing something, 
that looks a bit cumbersome.
>   
> Why not fix your DB to hold the right data? The frequencies are useless 
> to Myth if you're using an external channel change script.
>
> Mike
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