[mythtv-users] Setting LiveTV default channel/tuner??

[Chris Nelson]

I've got a very similar issue.  Anyone know how to make this work?

On 4/14/05, Jim Kusznir <jim at kusznir.net> wrote:
> hello:
> 
> Is there any way to set which tuner LiveTV will default to (such that it
> picks a tuner that would not necessarily be the same as what recordings
> would choose)?
> 
> I have digital cable and a single set-top box connected to a PVR-250.
> I've also added a PVR-500 with a direct RF feed (which has access only
> to the analog channels).  I've set my tuner prioritys with the 500's
> tuners being higher priority than the 250.  I've also configured the
> video sources so myth knows and understands that the 500's have a subset
> of the channels the 250 gets.
> 
> So when I schedule a recording on an analog channel (as 95% of my
> recordings are), it uses a 500 tuner if available; using the 250 only if
> both tuners on the 500 are busy.  This is good.  If I schedule a
> recording on a digital channel, myth automatically schedules it on the
> 250, which is also good.
> 
> Now, unfortunately, liveTV defaults to one of the 500's most of the
> time.  I have set a "select a tuner less likely to interfeer with
> recordings" option, which usually results in giving me the second tuner
> on the 500.
> 
> Most of the users in the house often use liveTV, and like to browse all
> the channels, including the digital ones.  Right now, I've had to teach
> them to use the "y" command to cycle through the tuners until they get
> the right one.  This actually has a fairly high failure rate (the user
> education end of it), and has been leading to considerable frustration
> with using Myth here.
> 
> If I could only make LiveTV choose the 250's tuner by default (which is
> available most of the time because nearly all our recording occurs on
> the 500), this would fix a lot of our user problems.
> 
> Is there some way to set this?  Perhaps I need to edit the database
> directly?  Any suggestions?
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> --Jim
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