[mythtv-users] watch analog and ditial tv on the same card?

[Preet Khalsa]

Alan Hagge wrote:

> Xiaotian
>
> Hopefully it's not a dumb question, 'cause I want to know too.  I've 
> been experimenting since I got my card (about a week ago), and have 
> had LIMITED success.  Right now I'm using the dvb drivers (cx88-dvb) 
> for ATSC and the cx8800 for NTSC.  But for me, what usually happens is 
> that if I start in ATSC mode, I can't switch to NTSC (and vice-versa).
>
> Regarding the mythtvsetup:  I configured two separate tuners: a V4L2 
> one (NTSC) using /dev/video1 (I have a webcam on /dev/video0), and a 
> DVB one (ATSC).  Then I set up two separate antennas (one HD, one SD) 
> with Zap2It (you have to use 2 different zip codes to set up 2 
> profiles, AFAIK), and tied each to its respective tuner.  And you can 
> select which format to use (and thus which tuner) on a per-channel 
> basis (as well as having a "global default" which you already found).
>
> I'm using the 2.0 drivers from the pcHDTV website, FC3 and kernel 
> 2.6.10-1.770_FC3.
>
> BTW, anyone know how to tell MythTV which tuner to use when first 
> starting LiveTV?  Mine's defaulting to my NTSC one, and I want the 
> ATSC one.


Set the priority for the ATSC card higher than the NTSC in Mythtvsetup.

Cheers