[mythtv-users] getting full channel listing for just added channels

Nick Rout nick.rout at gmail.com
Sun Feb 12 20:45:46 UTC 2012


On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 9:39 AM, Larry Roberts <mythtv at american-hero.com> wrote:
> All,
>
> I just recently added a couple of channels to my system for recording.
> These channels were previously not part of any package I had so I hadn't
> worried about them.  I now have them and would like to start recording
> data from them.
> I have added them to schedules direct, and they show up on my listings
> as well as in mythtv-setup.  I can also see data for the channels at
> days 13-14, so I know that the last 2 mythfilldatabase is pulling the
> program listings.
>
> Rather than wait 2 weeks for the data to become current, is it possible
> to somehow tell the system to pull the data for just those channels?  I
> don't think I want to go and completely purge all data as that would put
> additional load on schedulesdirect. I'm hoping there is a switch I can
> throw that will tell mythfilldatabase to just grab the full schedule for
> these 3 channels.
>
> I see --refresh-today,--refresh-second and --refresh-all but I cant say
> I like the option of running that command every day.
>
> Any options I'm missing?

I think you'll only need to run --refresh-all once


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