[mythtv-users] is this possible (multiple tuners and sources)

[Kevin Kuphal]

Howard Cokl wrote:

> Dylan Keon wrote:
>
>> I have a working MythTV system (FC3, ATRPMS) with two PVR-250s.  I 
>> added a PVR-150 tonight, upgraded to the latest kernel and ivtv 
>> 0.3.6w, and I can get video via the PVR-150 (no sound, though).  My 
>> goal is to have the two PVR-250s record analog cable (already 
>> working), and the PVR-150 record OTA broadcast signals via my rooftop 
>> antenna since the reception of local channels stinks on our analog 
>> cable.
>>
>> I set up a new video source called "antenna" and configured a new 
>> "local broadcast" channel listing for my area at zap2it.  However, 
>> it's not clear to me how this will get handled in the EPG.  For 
>> example, channel 7 on analog cable is Discovery, while channel 7 on 
>> broadcast is PBS. After running mythfilldatabase these both appear in 
>> the EPG, but where channels are the same (i.e., channel 9 is the same 
>> station on both cable and OTA), there is only one entry in the EPG.
>
>
> What you need to do is go into the Channel Editor (either in 
> mythtv-setup or mythweb) and change the channel number.  In my case I 
> have channel 7 (pvr250 connected to directv), channel 7-1 (wintv-go 
> OTA NTSC) and 7HD (pchdtv 3K).

You can also drop channel 7 in zap2it from the PVR-250 lineup so that 
there is only one channel 7 since the other channel 7 has such bad 
reception anyways.

Kevin