it has been almost a year since i asked about this, any chance this is in the pipeline? my wife keeps yelling at me when i tell her to put on channel 7 and it's actually 5907...lol
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You can output m3u files to use as a tuner for Emby and then you can edit the channel numbers as you wish.
that's not really a solution, that's using another piece of software to fix the problem.
I gave you an alternative that's all. I have the both running channels and Emby and I was playing around with the channel numbers for my wife’s benefit that does not like change. Trying to reflect the channels from Verizon's guide. Yes it would be nice to have that option built in to the channels server.
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fair enough, but i don't really want to start messing around with emby. i guess i could try it with plex, but their tv interface is awful...
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I find Emby a bit easier to use than Plex down side they need subscription for the tuners.
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emby needs a subscription? yeah, that's not happening...i already have a lifetime plex pass. not paying for another subscription...
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I hear you I have a lifetime on Emby and after years of using the free part of Plex I bought a year subscription.
From my experience Plex didn't work. I could not find a way to give Plex a M3U file. I have an xTeve instance setup that does provide an emulated HDHR tuner and that worked with Plex. Emby can use both. In the end Plex was too much effort and guide data never worked with multiple guide sources. Emby had no issues with multiple guide sources.
Same her found that Emby worked pretty well.
This setting has been added in the latest build.
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I'm on the latest build but I don't see how to change channel numbers
In 2020.11.16.2026 and later: Settings > Basic Setup > Locast > 
> Preserve Channel Numbers
(You may have to delete and re-create the guide database to get the guide to map onto the new channel numbers: Settings > Guide Database > > Delete and Recreate Database)
OK, but the guide now doesn't show programming info. Still shows for the old set up
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As I posted, you possibly may need to delete and re-create the guide database to ensure the guide data gets mapped to the new channel numbers. See my post above with where to find that option.
(Also, after you delete and re-create the database, it may be beneficial to restart your DVR server, and then ensure that you are starting your clients fresh—force close/quit the Channels app, and then relaunch it on your streaming device.)
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Didn't have to do that. Just re scanned Locast and they showed up. Channels is awesome
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This is cool.
Question - where did the 6000+ number system come from for the TVE channels?
Most broadcast/cable systems do not have any channels in that range. And I imagine it was also driven by the fact that HDHomeRun tuners will automatically assign channel numbers 5000 and above for channels without PSIP data. So, to avoid possible conflicts, 6000+ was chosen.
(Of course, that's my WAG; but seems more than reasonable.)
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this is awesome...now i can go back to the native locast integration and have my wife be ok with it rather than having to use fHDHR to get the channel numbers.
any chance the ability to change channel numbers for the rest of the channels is coming any time soon? would be great to be able to change to a numbering scheme we're more familiar with (like directv, for example)...
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We would like to add channel aliasing eventually, but it is a big technical undertaking and not going to happen quickly. The more immediate goal is to add favs/hidden syncing across clients.
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