[mythtv-users] channel change doesn't switch inputs

Howard Cokl hojoloco at yahoo.com
Thu Aug 11 22:40:53 UTC 2005


--- "Tom E. Craddock Jr." <sigtom at sigtom.com> wrote:

> Preston Crow wrote:
> 
> >I have:
> >
> >PVR-250:
> >	tuner: analog cable channels
> >	composite: digital cable channels
> >HD-2000:
> >	tuner: digital broadcast channels
> >
> >All the channel numbers are different for each
> input.  And yet, when I'm
> >in live TV mode, if I enter a channel number, it
> will only work if that
> >channel is on the same input.  If I want channel
> 51, why won't it switch
> >to the right card and input automatically for me? 
> I shouldn't have to
> >be thinking in terms of inputs and cards once the
> system is configured.
> >
> >--PC
> >
> >  
> >
> 
> Cause that aint the way it works.  Read the docs at
> mythtv.org to 
> understand how it all works, for now heres a quick
> tip :
> 
> Hit Y while watching TV, it will switch between
> multiple capture cards.  
> *NOTE*: you will lose your LiveTV buffer on your
> current card. 
> Useful for different-sourced cards (such as Dish
> Network on one, HDTV 
> over-the-air on another card.)
> 
> Oh and if youd like it to behave differently, we
> happily await your patch.
> 
> Tom
> 

This feature is available in SVN and it is soo sweet.

Howard


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