[mythtvnz] http://epg.org.nz/freeview.xml.gz

[Stephen Worthington]

On Tue, 26 Mar 2013 15:19:36 +1300, you wrote:

>On 26/03/13 14:05, Robin Gilks wrote:
>>> On 26/03/2013, at 12:35 PM, "Robin Gilks" <g8ecj at gilks.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>>> Yes, I see what your problem is. I only have DVB-T so I missed the
>>>>> point
>>>>> that you have many non-DVB-T channels in your mythtv setup. The fuzzy
>>>>> matching does do correct matches now. This was the bug I fixed
>>>>> yesterday. The problem is that it doesn't (yet) filter out non-DVB-T
>>>>> channels. Maybe your modified select query is the way to go or maybe
>>>>> filter on source id? I'm not sure and I can't test or inspect the
>>>>> database because I don't have anything except DVB-T. I suppose the
>>>>> quick
>>>>> fix is to add your query as a command line option so it can be turned
>>>>> off if it doesn't work for someone else.
>>>> I have the same mix of channels and using the '-f' switch with a channel
>>>> map works fine - just what bug requires fixing?
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Mapping and fuzzy matching are mutually exclusive. So if you can't be
>>> bothered creating a map file but have non-DVB-T channels...
>> Ah - OK. Thought I might be missing something!! I guess it does mean that
>> the map has to be letter perfect then.
>>
>Actually I hadn't thought of using fuzzy matching on the map file. Could 
>be done but would have to be (yet another!) command line option to cope 
>with very similar channel names/ids, e.g., one character different, 
>which I'm pretty sure could fool the fuzzy matching. At the moment you 
>have complete control of matching MHEG channels to mythtv channels if 
>you're using the -f option. Of course with absolute power comes absolute 
>responsibility. :)

What might be useful is to read a map file first, then fuzzy match for
anything not found in the map file.