[mythtv-users] Lineup question
Mark Lord
mythtv at rtr.ca
Fri Apr 1 12:42:22 UTC 2011
On 11-04-01 08:32 AM, David Liana wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 1, 2011 at 7:29 AM, Mark Lord <mythtv at rtr.ca <mailto:mythtv at rtr.ca>>
> wrote:
>
> On 11-03-31 09:58 PM, David Liana wrote:
> ..
> > I created a Schedules Direct lineup with all the stations I receive and
> > associated it with the card (as per the "How to scan for ATSC/QAM channels" or
> > whatever the name was from the wiki - this was years ago and this has worked
> > alright since).
> >
> > From time to time, TW will add some out of market (currently, they have some of
> > the Syracuse locals) channels for testing purposes, and you can only see these
> > if you scan for channels. They aren't a part of the lineup, nor are these
> > options in the Schedules Direct lineups for my area. I've tried different Zip
> > Codes, but I will loose out on some of the channels I currently have/want.
> >
> > Is there any way I can get the lineups? Is it as easy as creating a new lineup
> > with the Syracuse channels, and just inputing the XML TV ID for the channel in
> > the editor (without changing the association to the new lineup)? Am I totally
> > off base here/missing something?
>
> That (last paragraph above) should work, but you will still need to re-scan
> so that the new channels get associated with the card/source ("input") combo.
>
> I've done this for "missing" channels from our local lineup,
> using a far-away lineup to get the SD data for them,
> and manually entering the matching XMLID after scanning.
>
> Cheers
>
> Thanks Mark.
>
> A scan (or at least some channel editing) on my back end was due anyways, as TW
> changed the mapping of two channels.
Just note that it's a bit screwy to actually get it working
once you do the obvious (above). I know it seemed to take
a couple of rounds of mythfilldatabase and restarting
the backend before suddenly programming data showed up.
Once it works, it seems to stay working though. :)
Cheers
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