[mythtv-users] channel scan wiped user configured channel numbers

[Tim Draper]

got it sorted thanks to a bit of reading!

i ended up using one of the examples at one of the links you gave:
http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/UK_Channel_Assignments#Combined_FreeView_and_FreeSat_HD_channel_assignment

while it wasnt overly clear when i read the sites, i pasted the example into
a txt file, logged into to mysql with the same credentials as mythtv uses
('mythtv' user + the random password), and then '\. filename' to import it,
re-ran the mythdatabasefill tool too.

it's worked as expected, although im sure that list is a bit out of date so
now i know how it works, i'll go back and add in the channels it's missing.

again, thankyou for the advice, i was really stumped on this one and a bit
annoyed i'd have to redo my hard work that i only did a few weeks ago
manually configuring channel orders.

Tim


On 19 April 2011 19:46, Tim Draper <veehexx at gmail.com> wrote:

> i'll give them ago. thankyou! Once i look at them, see what they do and
> tweak/apply them, I'll report back on how it went.
>
> fwiw, im in the UK, and getting freesatHD from Astra.
>
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> On 18 April 2011 21:05, Simon Hobson <linux at thehobsons.co.uk> wrote:
>
>> At 20:07 +0100 18/4/11, Tim Draper wrote:
>> >i've just done a channel rescan and it's wiped my user-set channel
>> numbers.
>> >i doubt i can get them back so im going to have to re-set them, but
>> >im wondering if there is a better way todo it so i wont have
>> >re-assign channel number every time i rescan.
>> >
>> >the way mythtv detects the channels is in no logical order, aswell
>> >as having a ton of blank or foreign channels i have no interest in
>> >watching..
>>
>> Where are you, what service(s) are you using ? It makes a big difference.
>>
>> I'll copy and past from a posting I made on 6th April, in the thread
>> "UK: managing Freeview and Freesat" :
>> >There's a script I wrote at
>> http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Database_editing_script
>> >
>> >There is a link from there to
>> >http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/UK_Channel_Assignments which does
>> >something similar-but-different
>> >
>> >And while looking for those, I came across
>> >http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Channel_Sorting_by_Script which goes
>> >about things in a different way.
>>
>> One of these should offer you a starting point which you can edit to
>> your requirements. My script was written for UK Freeview.
>>
>> If scanning a service that provides channel numbers/callsigns (like
>> UK Freeview), then the channel numbers will be those used by the
>> broadcaster(s) - and yes, as you say for UK Freeview they are in what
>> can best be described as a non-intuitive sequence ! I have no idea
>> how Myth works on a service where such data isn't available (such as
>> capturing analogue output from a cable STB).
>>
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