That's a bummer. Ok - I'll find a way to map _ to the remote. Thanks Doug - I appreciate all you've done with the ATSC side of MythTV.
-John ----- Original Message ----- From: "Doug Larrick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Discussion about mythtv" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] New CVS feature pulls ATSC sub channel info -but... Date: Mon, 03 Jan 2005 08:31:22 -0500 > > john roberts wrote: > > I was happy to see the new CVS build now pulls the sub-channels for > > ATSC stations - this is nice! No more editing the channels to add > > each sub-channel. > > > > But - the naming convention is "26_1" and "26_2" "26_3" etc. Which > > is fine during the initial discovery - but if you try to rename them > > to "26" and "126" and "226" so you can use a remote (which doesn't > > have the _ mapped to it) it will over-write the names during the next > > mythfilldatabase. :( > > > > Am I missing something here? Or do I just need to get used to the > > fact my channel names will get over-written and I need to map the "_" > > key to change channels? > > This is in fact a problem. In my initial version of this feature, > mythfilldatabase left the channum alone for existing channels. But then > someone submitted a patch that updates channum for existing channels (ATSC or > not), and did not take subchannels into account. I submitted a patch which > does this right for ATSC, but as you've seen this is not ideal behavior > sometimes. > > For right now, yes, you'll have to map _ on your remote in order to type > channel numbers in live TV. I think this is also a misfeature for people who > have multiple providers combined into one MythTV system -- cable and > satellite (e.g.) could easily both have a channel 12. > > I'd like to hear from the person who submitted the patch to always update > channum (Isaac had lost track of who it is) as to what problem this is > solving, and maybe we can come up with a solution that doesn't kill people's > hand edits. > > -Doug << signature.asc >> > > > _______________________________________________ > mythtv-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users -- _______________________________________________ Find what you are looking for with the Lycos Yellow Pages http://r.lycos.com/r/yp_emailfooter/http://yellowpages.lycos.com/default.asp?SRC=lycos10 _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list [email protected] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
