[mythtvnz] Now I'm using two sources...

[Nick Rout]

On Tue, July 3, 2007 2:58 pm, Steve Hodge wrote:
> On 7/3/07, Nick Rout <nick@rout.co.nz> wrote:
>>
>> I take it from this that you can have the same channum on two differen=
t
>> sources.
>>
>> I hadn't realised that before.
>
>
> Yes. If the callsign and channel numbers of two channels are identical
> then
> the channel will only appear once in the guide (and MythWeb). If the
> callsigns are identical but the channums are not then the channel will
> appear twice in the guide but the scheduler will treat them as the same
> provided they have the same listings data. This allows people who have =
two
> channels that are mostly the same, but have some differences, to use th=
em
> interchangably when a program appears on both versions without screwing=
 up
> when the channels differ (this doesn't happen in NZ at the moment).
> Unfortunately it means that it is important that EPG listings for copie=
s
> of
> a single channel are identical otherwise the scheduler won't be able to
> use
> them interchangably. That's why I keep telling people to use the same
> listings data for FreeView channels and for Sky/terrestrial channels -
> there
> are differences in the data between what Sky send and what FreeView sen=
d
> and
> those differences can cause problems if you're using Sky data for one
> version of a channel and FreeView data for another.

Thats the clearest explanation I have seen of that thanks!

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Nick Rout