[mythtvnz] Prime on freeview from tomorrow

[Ross and Jemima Knudsen]

I couldn't get this to work for me but I think it was because I wasn't 
sure which multiplex id to use (looking back at it now I see I guessed 
wrong so it may have worked if I tried each one).  Note this is for 
DVB-T in Hamilton, I'm not sure if it will work everywhere.

Way I got it to work is from the backend go to channel scan but select 
from the scan type options choose 'scan existing transports'.  I also 
selected ignore timeout but I'm not sure if this is needed.  This didn't 
seem to wreck any of my existing channels.

Then getting mythfilldatabase (xmltvnz / tv_grab_nz-/py) to work 
involved going to ~/user/.mythtv/XMLTVNZ.xml and changing the '!' to a 
'=/' for the prime.sky.co.nz entry and rerunning mythfilldatabase.

HTH someone

Steve Hodge wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 2:17 PM, Hadley Rich <hads at nice.net.nz 
> <mailto:hads at nice.net.nz>> wrote:
>
>     On Mon, 2009-08-17 at 14:03 +1200, Aaron Drysdale wrote:
>     > What is the easiest way to add this into my system? Do I have to
>     scan
>     > from the backend? Past experience with this has been painful, as
>     I have
>     > often lost the channel icons and also have to re enter all my
>     xmltv IDs.
>     > Also I have two tuners - a Nova-T 500 and Nova-S 500, so twice
>     the pain
>     > if I do it this way. Any tips on an easier method would be
>     gratefully
>     > received.
>
>     I just insert a record directly into the mysql table myself. Note that
>     this may break things and isn't a supported way of changing settings.
>
>     Something like;
>
>     INSERT INTO channel(chanid, channum, freqid, sourceid, callsign, name,
>     icon, xmltvid, visible, mplexid, serviceid) VALUES($1, 4, 4, $2,
>     'Prime', 'Prime', '/home/hads/.mythtv/channels/prime.jpg',
>     'prime.sky.co.nz <http://prime.sky.co.nz>', 1, $3, 1928);
>
>     You need to sort out $1, $2 and $3, and possibly adjust channel
>     numbers,
>     icons, and xmltvids to suit your system.
>
>     SELECT MAX(chanid) + 1 FROM channel;
>
>     will give you $1;
>
>     SELECT * FROM videosource;
>
>     will give you $2, and;
>
>     SELECT mplexid FROM dtv_multiplex WHERE frequency = 12456000;
>
>     will give you $3. You should be able to do all that in one query too.
>
>
> This is how I did it as well. One shortcut for figuring out mplexid 
> and sourceid is to look at what is in the channel table for one of the 
> other channels on the same multiplex. E.g. for Satellite you can copy 
> the values used for TV 3.
>
> Cheers,
> Steve
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