Rename channels?

[joeinbend]

Hi all,
I am having trouble figuring out how to rename the channels. in my TV Guide, it shows the channel number twice, and I would like it to show (and I believe this is how it is supposed to and I am just missing something) the channel number and the name, i.e.: "NBC 5" "CBS 2" "ABC 4" and so on, instead of "5 5"...

I went into the config and I see under the Channels tab that I can rename the channel, but as soon as I go out of there, it puts it back to the number again.

for my guide data, I am using MSN_XMLTV to generate my tvguide.xml, then importing that. I'm very happy with the data it provides!

Maybe I need another XMLTV processor after it downloads the .xml, to massage the data further, to show this information?

any help would be great.

[Snooze]

Try this... I had a similar problem before but mine would be something like 5 5 NBC, I think you want to use option 1 http://gbpvr.com/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Manual/ChannelLogos

[joeinbend]

Thanks for the reply Snooze..
I changed to "1" and am still not able to insert the Channel name. To help clarify, here's some screen shots:
In the first one here, I tried going into the Capture Source, and editing the channel list there, however it will not let me modify them.


In the second one, I went to the Channels tab, and I can edit the "channel number" but not the "channel name" column, however, as soon as I make the change and click out of the field, it resets to the number that was in there previously:


Other than this odd EPG problem, I'm very satisfied with GB-PVR!

[JavaWiz]

I believe the channel display name is populated by your EPG load. I use schedules direct and I-XMLTv. Once the load is complete, it provides the channel names in the format you are looking for .. # CallSign (7 KIRO).

If your EPG update does not provide the display-names, there is a table in the gbpvr.db3 that contains all the channels and the display names for each channel. I suspect you may be able to update this table, and format either the display or display_name column to reflect the format you want. I would check with sub first to see if this would break anything, in particular, the EPG update.

If sub ok's the column update, I will add this feature to a WizUtility, so folks can customize their channel display names.

[joeinbend]

Thanks Wiz... you are correct -- I switched over to using "mc2xml" to pull my EPG data, and it is pulling the callsigns normally, and my Program Guide looks normal now. It looks like the old "msn_xmltv_scraper" is a bit outdated on that level.

I would still like to massage the EPG data a little further via the gbpvr.db3 file as you suggest, but I will wait for some feedback from Sub on this topic first.
Thanks!!

[dennit]

I changed to "1" and am still not able to insert the Channel name. ...
Other than this odd EPG problem, I'm very satisfied with GB-PVR!

I'll try to explain, but if I get it wrong, sub will probably let me know. (Part of the reason I'm posting is to make sure I understand it Jump to the end if you just want the answer.

In GBPVR, a "channel" has the following four ways it is identified:
"name"
"display_name"
"channel_number"
"source_channel_number"

The "name" is what the EPG file calls it and how GBPVR matches EPG listings to the channel. This is unique to each unique channel.

The "display_name" is usually the same as "name", but it's what GBPVR shows you next to the channel in the EPG, when you ask for the channel name to be displayed. (See the post above explaining how to get the number plus name, or the image, etc.)

The "channel_number" is the number used by GBPVR to tune to this channel.

The "source_channel_number" is the number that your source uses to tune to this channel.

It looks to me like you have your "display_name" and your "name" for each channel set to your channel_number. If I understand it correctly, that would happen due to the configuration that produces your EPG XML file. I'm not sure how GBPVR selects the name from the xml file, since that file has mutiple references to each channel (perhaps it chooses the first one?)

It's easy to fix directly in the gbpvr.db3 database by changing display_name, but I suspect you want to delete the source, reconfigure your grabber (MSN_XMLTV - tvguide.xml) to produce the correct name, then recreate your source.

It's easy to check if this is your problem - just use SQLITE SPY to open gbpvr.db3 and look at the CHANNEL table.

I'll look at it if you post it.

[dennit]

If sub ok's the column update, I will add this feature to a WizUtility, so folks can customize their channel display names.

I change the display_name regularly - it doesn't seem to break anything on my system. I like to use it to mark which sources the channel is available on, and/or which stream the channel is on for MultiRecording.

[Snooze]

Awwww... ok! Good team work guys! Was not as simple as I thought. I learn something here every day, I swear!