[mythtv-users] Same channel in different sources, always record from lowest numbered channel?

Victor Perez spectro at gmail.com
Wed May 11 14:59:25 UTC 2005


My first card is already the one connected to Dish, I reconfigured the
lineups grabbing Dish's first but it didn't make a difference.

I solved the issue by setting this card's priority to -10 and giving 
a -1 priority to cable channels I want to get on Dish if available.
Somehow, giving a negative priority worked better.

Thanks for your help.



On 5/9/05, Bruce Markey <bjm at lvcm.com> wrote:
> Victor Perez wrote:
> > I have ESPN on channel 33 (Cable) and channel 140 (Dish Network). If I
> > set a recording from channel 140 It always activates another tuner
> > card on channel 33 instead, even if I am watching channel 140 in live
> > tv and hit record.
> >
> > Any way to force Mythtv to record from channel 140 without removing
> > channel 33 from the lineup?
> 
> Several. MythTV's scheduler does 'channel matching' where channels
> with the same callsign can be treated as being interchangeable so
> if the card(s) for one source are busy it can record the station from
> the other source. By default, the lowest numbered cardinput is chosen
> when the priorities are equal. So, here are some things you could do
> in a likely order of preference.
> 
> - If you normally want the Dish channels to be used when available, run
> mythtv-setup again. remove your card information and re-enter your
> cards in order of preference so that the Dish inputs are first and
> the analog cable inputs come later. 140 would then be the first
> choice for ESPN unless all Dish inputs were busy then it would
> choose 33.
> 
> - Keep your current card setup and in the Input Connections section
> of mythtv-setup add "1" for the Dish "input preference". However, this
> has a subtle intended difference. Say Dish is card 1 and analog is
> card 2. Show "A" is on at 8pm and has a higher priority than show "B".
> "B" is on at 8pm and 11pm. Normally A would record at 8 on card 1 and
> B at 8 on card 2. With input preference you are saying that it is
> better to record with the better card whenever possible. "A" would
> record on card 1 at 8 and B on card 1 at 11 when it can be recorded
> with the better card.
> 
> - Go to TV Settings->Recording Priorities->Set Channel Recording
> Priorities. You could either lower 33 by 1 (this may be better) or
> raise 140 by 1. This says that it is better to record on 140 than
> 33 when possible. If you raise 140 it says that shows on ESPN
> are one better than shows on other channels and give them an
> extra advantage when resolving conflicts.
> 
> - You could use the mythtv-setup Channel Editor to mis-match the
> callsigns by changing 140 to ESPN-Sat or ESPNS or something. Single,
> Timeslot, Weekslot or Channel rules would use just 140 for ESPNS
> and just 33 for ESPN. However, you would loose the ability to fail
> over if the Dish input is busy and an All record rule or a Find*
> type for "Teammates" or "Baseball Tonight" or whatever might be on
> ESPN and ESPN2 would still probably end up using 33 in favor of
> 140.
> 
> See: http://www.mythtv.org/docs/mythtv-HOWTO-11.html#ss11.7 for
> more info.
> 
> --  bjm
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