Garbage M3U and Emby, Channel Mapping

[gregjobs 1]

The M3U I get from my provider is garbage, that's the issue and once I accepted that I assumed Emby could do what Channels DVR (my current) could not do. That is, let me edit the channel in Emby and add the local channel number, because the only guide assigned to the M3U is the Guide Data Source for my local provider the M3U I've added would use it. That is not the case, each channel it seems, I have to pick the provider from a drop down rather than set the provider when adding the M3U?

What I've done is set the channel number in Emby, but that seems only to set it for viewing in the guide. I assumed by setting it here and having chosen a guide that has that channel it'd match, it doesn't, I have to click Guide Data Source for EVERY channel, then in the channel drop down pick the channel myself?

I feel like I'm doing something wrong though but I cannot see how to set guide data when adding an M3U?

 

The only place I can find a Guide Data Source is on the individual Channel and that can't be right, that'd be exhaustive?

[Luke 43569]

Hi, OK so currently the channel number that is used for guide data is based on what comes from the provider. so this comparison is happening at an earlier stage before your customizations come in to play.

This is something we can look at improving, but I guess this has just never come up before because most people are not manually editing their entire guide.

[gregjobs 1]

I built something when I was using Channels to handle it, was hoping to retired it.

Started building something similar with the Emby API... simple enough idea, highlight the left, highlight the right, apply the mapping and it updates the channel