[mythtv-users] how to set xmltvid to unknown and keep it there?

[Robert McNamara]

On Thu, Jul 7, 2011 at 8:12 PM, Eric Sharkey <eric at lisaneric.org> wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 7, 2011 at 3:32 PM, Michael T. Dean <mtdean at thirdcontact.com> wrote:
>> Definitely sounds like the lineup needs updating (though I still say
>> that giving mythfilldatabase permission to change your
>> already-configured Video Source is the ultimate source of the problem
>> :).  You could verify that the lineup needs fixing by grabbing the raw
>> data from Schedules Direct using tv_grab_na_dd and checking that channel
>> in the XML.
>
> Ok.  I don't see anything clearly labeled as a freqid.  I see:
>
>  <channel id="I14771.labs.zap2it.com">
>    <display-name>128 HISTORY</display-name>
>    <display-name>128 HISTORY NJ67162:X</display-name>
>    <display-name>128</display-name>
>    <display-name>HISTORY</display-name>
>    <display-name>History</display-name>
>    <display-name>Satellite</display-name>
>  </channel>
>
> 128 is the correct virtual channel number.  It is not the correct
> frequency.  How does mythTV populate the freqid column of the database
> for firewire tuners based on this data?

freqid != frequency.

Robert