[mythtv-users] mythupchuk -- another script for maintaining UK channels

Chris Dennis cgdennis at btinternet.com
Wed Aug 15 17:58:34 UTC 2012


On 15/08/12 18:29, Mike Perkins wrote:
> On 15/08/12 18:18, Chris Dennis wrote:
>> Hello MythTV people
>>
>> I've put together a script which makes it easy to maintain a list of
>> channel
>> names, numbers, visibility flags etc., and keep it in sync with the
>> MythTV
>> database.
>>
>> I've put the script on GitHub at
>> https://github.com/StarsoftAnalysis/mythupchuk
>> and added a note to the wiki page at
>> http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/UK_Channel_Assignments
>>
>> I hope people find it useful -- please let me know if you do (or don't).
>>
> Note. A significant number of Freeview channels will be renumbered
> during September into a new grouping scheme.

> (Yet another scan!) I
> believe this is a cross-country move. You'll need to update your script
> to cater for that.
>
> Caveat: I'm not sure that every transmitter is being updated at the same
> time.
>

Does that mean that channels will get new service ids?  If so, then 
there will be some extra editing to do.

But my script is designed to make it easy to incorporate changes to the 
tuned channels, so the changes in September will be an interesting test 
for it.

cheers

Chris
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Chris Dennis                                  cgdennis at btinternet.com
Fordingbridge, Hampshire, UK


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