rt grabber channel names issues (bbc choice, and movies)

[jimbobuk]

The XMLTV RT grabber channel_ids file names some channels incorrectly...

there is no BBC3, its still BBC Choice

Sky Movies which are now unified as Sky Movies 1-9 or there abouts are still down as Premier and MovieMax... for starters does anyone have the mappings to these.. I guess using onscreen EPG with sky i could figure it out... is there any scope for changing these, the RT site itself names all the channels correctly...

Cheers

Jim

[nielm]

the display-name (as retrieved from the RT site) of BBC3 and Sky Movies n are actually put in the xml file:

  <channel id="2.moviemax.sky.com">
    <display-name lang="en">Sky Movies 4</display-name>
    <display-name>Sky Moviemax 2</display-name>
  </channel>
  <channel id="choice.bbc.co.uk">
    <display-name lang="en">BBC3</display-name>
    <display-name>BBC Choice</display-name>
  </channel>

If the plugin is taking the second name 'BBC Choice'/'Sky Moviemax 2' instead of the real names, then you can remove these obsolete 'alternative' names from the channel_ids file.. (and submit the changes file as a patch on SourceForge)

The fact that the xmltv unique channel IDs still represent the old channel ids something that cannot be avoided: if the UID changes, then suddenly the channel will no longer be named correctly in your config file (so it will not be grabbed), and then it will no longer map correctly un Sage (requiring reconfig of channels).. Basically, once a UID is chosen, you are stuck with it, as changing it will break everyones configs!

[jimbobuk]

Why is the channel_ids file needed at all then if we can remove entries from it to get the correct names from rt directly!? Could you post a suggested patch for this i dont quite understand how you could just eliminate a channel yet it would still get grabbed.. would this mess up the next .configure you try?! do you have to remove the name from the tv_grab_uk_rt.conf file too? or is it this one that's definately needed in full (with incorrect name or not) for a channel to be grabbed at all..

A bit confusing but it would definately be good to be fixed, just not quite sure and dont want to break it as it appears to be working again for some reason.

[nielm]

I did not mean remove the entire entry from the channel_ids file -- I meant just remove the 'additional display name' (the third field) form the channel definition ie:

  choice.bbc.co.uk:45:BBC Choice
  2.moviemax.sky.com:252:Sky Moviemax 2
becomes
  choice.bbc.co.uk:45:
  2.moviemax.sky.com:252:

The only display name in the generated XMLTV file will be the one used on the RT website, and Sage will use this name (without needing to perform any reconfiguration).