[mythtv-users] Give HDTV priority over SDTV

Preston Crow pc-mythtv05b at crowcastle.net
Fri Nov 18 17:50:06 EST 2005


On Fri, 2005-11-18 at 17:32 -0500, Erik Karlin wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 18, 2005 at 03:44:10PM -0500, Preston Crow wrote:
> > It would be really nice to be able to specify whether to try to record
> > the HD or SD version of a program.  With my set up, I get both via
> > digital cable QAM, so setting the priority by the tuner isn't good
> > enough.
> > 
> > I suppose I might be able to set up a search that looks for the title
> > and "HD" in the description, and give that higher priority than the same
> > search without the HD.  That would only work if I want the HD version (I
> > suppose I might someday want the SD version for some shows to save
> > space).

> Wouldn't the card priority settings and/or channel priority settings
> take care of that automatically?

Card priority won't work, as both channels are on the same card.

Is there a channel priority?  I must have missed that setting.

But if I want to save space on one show, but have HD on another, and
both are on the same network, it still doesn't give a solution.

--PC



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