[mythtv-users] Rescan channels

Jay Foster jayf0ster at sbcglobal.net
Fri Apr 13 19:48:15 UTC 2012


On 4/13/2012 11:12 AM, Stefan D<raptorjr08 at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 13, 2012 at 11:08 AM, Thomas Boehm<
> mythtv-users at lists.boehmi.net>  wrote:
>
>> >  Stefan D wrote:
>>> >  >  First i made a channels.conf file that worked with czap, got a lock on
>>> >  >  my channels, and was also able to watch channels with mplayer. So i
>>> >  >  imported that channels.conf file into Myth, but still couldn't tune any
>>> >  >  channel in Myth.
>> >
>> >  I can't remember when I fiddled around with a channels.conf the last
>> >  time. Shouldn't be necessary.
>> >
>>> >  >  Shouldn't it be possible to update existing channels, or do i need to
>>> >  >  start all over every time there is a change on a channel?
>> >
>> >  You could use the "database editing script" from
>> >  http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Database_editing_script  after doing a full
>> >  scan. Once you edited it to your needs it saves you a lot of time. The
>> >  lines in my script look something like this.
>> >
>> >  update channel set
>> >  visible=1,channum=1,xmltvid="london.bbc1.bbc.co.uk
>> >  ",icon="/home/mythtv/.mythtv/channels/bbc_one_london.jpg",useonairguide="0",commmethod="-2"
>> >  where callsign="BBC ONE" ;
>> >
>> >  HTH
>> >  Thomas
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> Thank you. But shouldn't Myth be able to update existing channels that have
> changed? Do i really have to start all over every time? I hope it wont be
> to often, but anyway. Updating channels seems like a valid feature for a TV
> recording application like Myth.
>
> I do hope that i do something wrong and someone knows the way to do it
> right. Because the obvious way, as i see it, dont work.
>
> /Stefan
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I don't know about 0.25 (I'm using 0.21-fixes), but I use mythtvbackend 
setup to rescan individual channels that have had changes.  Use the scan 
existing transport stream option and select the transport stream 
(physical channel number) to rescan.  I usually use the minimal updates, 
otherwise, I have to reconfigure the channel icons too.

Jay



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