[mythtv-users] Channel sort/delete

[Johan Van der Kolk]

Don’t like to reply to myself, but there you go.

The information that would be helpful seems to be transmitted but not used as far as I can see: the Bouquet association table (BAT) and the conditional access Table (CAT).
Or is it stored, and I overlooked it?

J.


> On 08 Nov 2014, at 14:35, Johan Van der Kolk <johan.vanderkolk at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> probably need a smart SQL query, and detailed understanding of mythconverg, a combination I do not have…so some advise requested.
> 
> Situation:
> Receiving from satellite, channel scan generates about 2700 channels across three satellites and numerous muxes.
> - I’m interested in viewing content from certain providers, such as BSkyB, SkyDE or similar. Each provider use several muxes and transponders across the three satellites to provide their content.
> - I’m subscribed to the providers (not the ones in the example) and each subscription allows me to see a subset of their channels.
> - I’m not interested in loads of free channels that only air advertisements, and/or that I do not understand (spanish, italian, french, etc)
> - Many “duplicate” channels such as NGC, have the same name, but are destined for another country, but are on a different transponder/satellite, and have a different audio track.
> 
> What is a smart way to select only channels from certain providers and delete/disable the rest.(even if in multiple steps)
> I have been looking at the tables, but nothing seems to identify the provider or my rights to view uniquely.
> Rights to view are exchanged via a smart card and the receiver, based on a CA id, but that information, which I think would be useful for my purpose is not visible in the database.
> 
> Is there a smart way, other than browsing through 2500 channels to select the ones I want? 
> 
> btw, I have a similar problem with the icon downloader….multiple channels with same name, I have to select one of 4 icons, but I don’t know which exact channel the icon will be assigned to…
> Any smart solutions here?
> 
> 
> best regards
> 
> Johan
> 
> 
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