[mythtv-users] UK Users - Freeview and Freesat on one installation?

[Duncan Brown]

Christopher Watson wrote:
> Hello to all those UK Mythtv users out there.
>
> Just a quick message to see how you cope with the different channel 
> numbering conventions between the two platforms, if you have both 
> Freeview and Freesat cards installed in your setup, as I do?
>
> For example, More4 is 14 on Freeview, but on Freesat it is 138.
>
> If I have two entries for the same channel i.e. one freesat and one 
> freeview - using the same callsign and channel name, but different 
> channel numbers - any programs set to record on More4 get recorded twice!
>
> My answer currently is to use the Freeview numbering for all channels 
> that appear on both and the Freesat numbering for those that appear 
> only there.
>
> Just interested to know if anyone else does anything different?
>
> Chris
>
I have 2 DVB-T and one DVB-S card. I just use the freeview numbers for 
all of them, and as long as the callsign and name is identical it will 
treat them as the same channel.

I've also moved some of the +1 channels that are not on freeview down to 
more sensible numbers, i.e one above the normal channel.

Only problem comes when I rescan the DVB-S card and it resets them all. 
I've been meaning to write a little bit of mySQL to do it all automatically.

Dunc