On 07/06/05, William Uther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hey All, > > > > I have tried this question twice on mythtv-users, and was met with > > stunning > > silence... > > > > So here we go with hopefully more knowledgable people: > > > > I have configured my MythTV box with a DVICO Fuson HDTV DVB card > > that is > > working a treat with an VIA MII 10000 board. But for some reason > > after about > > a week of running, all the other channels in a multiplex start > > appearing in > > my epg. In australia most of the commericical stations have 3-4 > > channels but > > they are are duplicates. So to reduce clutter, I never added them. But > > something is adding them, and I want to find out what it is and > > kill it. > > > > Does mythtv detect extra channels on the digital mutiplexed > > broadcast and add > > them automatically ? > > I'm sick of deleting them from my channels config. I'm sure this > > feature would > > be great for most people, but it is highly annoying at the moment. > > Anybody > > have any ideas as to what is causing this ? > > I started seeing this recently and, on the advice of a post I now > can't find, made this change: > > diff -u -r1.189 tv_rec.cpp > --- libs/libmythtv/tv_rec.cpp 4 Jun 2005 02:46:30 -0000 1.189 > +++ libs/libmythtv/tv_rec.cpp 7 Jun 2005 06:24:55 -0000 > @@ -102,8 +102,8 @@ > channel = new DVBChannel(videodev.toInt(), this); > channel->Open(); > - scanner = new SIScan((DVBChannel *)channel, 1); > - pthread_create(&scanner_thread, NULL, SpawnScanner, scanner); > +// scanner = new SIScan((DVBChannel *)channel, 1); > +// pthread_create(&scanner_thread, NULL, SpawnScanner, scanner); > if (inputname.isEmpty()) > channel->SetChannelByString(startchannel); > > That has fixed the problem for me. It probably also gives my > grandmother back pain and other strange side effects, so use at own > risk. > > Be well, > > Will :-} >
(That two liner was from me :) ) TBH the update code is probably correct in principal but in practice stuff goes wrong. I do believe that it should update the channel table automatically in the same way as STBs. However we have issues at the moment when people change the "channel idents" etc. I think The proper solution is a) Fix the update code b) use set visible -- John _______________________________________________ mythtv-dev mailing list [email protected] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-dev
