[mythtv-users] Missing channels
Michael T. Dean
mtdean at thirdcontact.com
Thu Feb 11 20:57:59 UTC 2016
On 02/10/2016 12:53 PM, Michelle Dupuis wrote:
>
> *From:***Daryl McDonald
>
>> Channels can be added manually in channel editor or by rescanning, or
>> if this is a cable feed then re fetch the channel lineup then next
>> mfdb will include them automatically, as MTD has already said.
>>
>
> That’s the strange part, mfdb didn’t automatically add them…
>
>
The "Fetch channels from listings source" button in mythtv-setup (which
uses mythfilldatabase) should add them. I think that should always
work, but it may not in certain cases when you already have an existing
set of channels in the database and--due to your specific combination of
input types and channel types--it decides doing so would do more harm
then good. If that's the case you would need to explicitly run
mythfilldatabase --do-not-filter-new-channels to get new channels added
on top of your old. I don't know for certain if "Fetch channels..."
would work in those circumstances because I've never tried--because IMHO
it's always better to delete the Video Source and then fetch so
everything is correct (instead of leaving old garbage or, worse,
breaking existing channels or something).
Mike
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