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Hey guys, I have sorted out my iptv providers m3u to my liking and I want to keep my old tv providers channel numbers since I am familiar with them. I know that I can manually configure the channel within the system, but how can I modify the m3u string so that tvheadend does not erase it when loaded and mapped? The modified m3u loads up perfectly, but the channels numbers are being erased and I would have to enter them manually. I would prefer to use the original iptv string but I cannot get it to load up. Can someone show me the correct way to make this work?
This is my modified string: 
#EXTINF:3, CNN
http://xxxx.com=xxxxx xxxxx
This is the original string:
#EXTINF:-1 tvg-ID="cnn.us" tvg-name="CNN Local" tvg-logo="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/CNN.svg/1200px-CNN.svg.png" group-title="NETWORK TV",CNN Local
http://xxxxx.provider name.com xxxx
Thanks