On 5/25/05, Andrew Gallatin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > At least for US users, channel numbering for DVB boards is pretty > confusing. I was hoping for some info on what the current > "best practice" is for setting up DVB channels. > > When you do a channel scan, mythtv picks up a channel number from the > DVB broadcast. For example, in my area, fox HDTV is "501". However, > the datadirect number for fox is "50_1". > > What I did when I set my box up 3 months ago was to first do a channel > scan, and then run mythfilldatabse. This resulted in duplicate > entries for every channel. One with data-direct, and one with DVB > numbering. I then went into mysql and manually copied the xmltvid from > the "datadirect" channel to the "dvb" channel, and deleted the > datadirect channels. I also deleted channels picked up in the > scan with marginal reception, since tuning to a marginal DVD channel > is a landmine. > > This setup seemed to work well for quite a while, and I was very > happy. But, after a while, my channel information started to get > corrupt. I'd see channels with garbage names in the program guide. > Finally, my recordings were done on the wrong channel. I'd setup a > recording on channel "X", and then it would actually record channel "y" > > So, I just wiped my channel/tuner information and re-scanned and > re-filled the database last weekend. Now my recordings seem to be > working again. > > However, is there anything I should do differently to keep the > creeping-crud from coming back into my database? I assume these > bogus channels were somehow confusing myth, and bumping its own > channel numbers around (meaning the channel numbers that appear > in the .nuv filenames). > > Thanks, > > Drew > > > > > _______________________________________________ > mythtv-users mailing list > mythtv-users@mythtv.org > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users > > >
Hmmm, interesting problem. I setup myth with dvb channels a few weeks ago using the exact method you described. Haven't seen any corruption yet, but it hasn't been very long.... Dave _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users