Re: problem grabbing channels (Linux)

Hi Matt,

Matt Cahill wrote:

> > Have you followed the instructions on this page:
> >
> > http://freeguide-tv.sourceforge.net/INSTALL-linux-noxmltv.html
> >
> > to set up XMLTV?
> >    
>  That did it - many thanks.
>  
Excellent news!

>  One thing of note:  my channel listings start at Ch.55 and go to Ch.72, then 
> start at Ch.2 and continue to Ch.54.  Strange.
>  
Strange, but not a bug as such - FreeGuide doesn't guarantee to provide 
your channels in any particular order unless you define a channel set, 
which you can do by choosing "Channel Sets" from the "Tools" menu.

> > > P.S. - 'FOOTV' is just a kludge to describe the channel listings.
> > >      
> > Do you mean you manually typed FOOTV into the email, or you did
> > something clever with the config file?
> >    
>  That was just me, not wanting to type 'PRIMETV' because it looked obscure 
> and confusing...obviously it backfired ;)
>  
:)

>  Thanks again for your help.
>  
No problem, I'm very glad to encounter such an easily-solved difficulty.

> P.S.  When I signed up at Zap2it, they had that...open letter...what's your 
> take on this, if you don't mind my asking?
>  
Basically, FreeGuide is fine.  I wrote a little bit about that letter here:

http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=10072013

Best wishes,

Andy


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