[mythtv-users] hours to edit channels?

[Douglas Peale]

On 07/11/2011 06:15 AM, Eric Sharkey wrote:
> On Sun, Jul 10, 2011 at 11:26 PM, Douglas Peale
> <Douglas_Peale at comcast.net> wrote:
>> There are three very important columns missing from the channel list display as it is: Frequency ID, Subchannel ID, and XMLID.
>> Frequency ID and Subchannel ID are required to know the actual channel you are editing Frequency ID and Subchannel ID are the
>> things that actually identify the channel. Channel Number, and Callsign have, in the past, effectively been random garbage until
>> they have been manually edited.
> This came up on another thread.  Frequency ID is not what you think it is.
>
> http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/485145#485145
>
> What identifies a HDHR channel is the multiplex id and service id.
> The current HDHR channel scanner mis-populates this field by putting a
> number in that corresponds to the physical frequency rather than the
> virtual frequency as this field is intended to hold.
>
> Eric
If HDHR scan is putting the wrong number there, than so is the ATI HDHomeRun scanner. They both get the same results.

In any case, whatever it is called, the information that MythTV uses to actually set up the tuner to the correct frequency, and
data stream is what needs to be in the channel list to uniquely, unambiguously identify the channel one is about to edit.

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