<div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 6:48 AM, Eric Sharkey <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:eric@lisaneric.org">eric@lisaneric.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
<div class="im">On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 11:50 PM, Steven Adeff <<a href="mailto:adeffs.mythtv@gmail.com">adeffs.mythtv@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> Oh, sorry, I had figured you were already aware that the visible flag<br>
> does not affect LiveTV which makes it not the way to do this,<br>
> <a href="http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/466705#466705" target="_blank">http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/466705#466705</a><br>
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</div>You have to pick your poison here.<br>
<br>
Either you use the visible flag, and just make sure to avoid these<br>
channels manually when using LiveTV (which most of us don't use much<br>
anyway), or you need to configure mythfilldatabases to not add new<br>
channels. Either way you lose something.<br>
<br>
This is one area where mythtv could be better.<br>
<font color="#888888"></font><br></blockquote></div><br>Indeed. I haven't used live tv in ages, so if I was ever aware of the issue I just ignored it.<br><br>The other option is to create different Schedule Direct lineups for each source and block the channels that are not appropriate. Most areas have both cable and digital cable lineups. Or sometimes you can choose listings from a nearby town using the same provider if their channels match up<br>