[mythtv-users] Easy question about program guide and multiple sources

[Jason McMillon]

Thanks!!  I successfully replaced one of my 'standard cable' sources
with my motorola DCT-2524 'digital cable' source without any duplicate
entries in the guide.  WOOHOO!!  I have made a wiki entry here:

http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Motorola_DCT-25xx

This is my first wiki entry ever, so it definately needs some smoothing...



On 6/7/06, Derek Meek <thekazan at gmail.com> wrote:
> the appearance of your guide will not change, except for the addition of
> the new channels that are digital only - mythtv knows which cards have
> which channels and will tune appropriately for you
>
> (i'm running a PVR-500 both heads on normal cable and a bttv card
> capturing digital STB output)
>
> Jason McMillon wrote:
>
> > My current setup is similar to what you have.  I have two PVR-250s
> > with the same source and have no problems.  But, my question is what
> > happens when one PVR 250 has 'standard' cable and one has 'digital'
> > cable.  Will the overlapping channels be listed twice in the program
> > guide?  If I delete the standard channels from the digital listing (to
> > make a prettier guide), will I still be able to record two standard
> > cable shows at once?
> >
> > Hope this clarifies...
> >
> > Thanks!!
> > Jason
> >
> > On 6/7/06, *Tom Lichti* <tom at redpepperracing.com
> > <mailto:tom at redpepperracing.com>> wrote:
> >
> >     Jason McMillon wrote:
> >     > I am considering adding my motorola digital cable box as an
> >     input to
> >     > my MythTV setup.  I currently have two PVR-250s (connected to
> >     standard
> >     > cable) and one HD5000 (connected to an OTA antennae).  I have a
> >     cable
> >     > box (for HBO, etc) connected to an additional input on my TV.
> >     > Everything is working great!!
> >     >
> >     > Now my question:
> >     >
> >     > If I remove the standard cable from one of my PVR-250s input and
> >     > replace it with the cable box output (understanding that I will
> >     have
> >     > to find a script to let MythTV change the channel via the serial
> >     port)
> >     > and configure zap2it with the additional 'digital' source, what will
> >     > my program guide look like?
> >     >
> >     > Will there be duplicate entries for the overlapping channels?  I
> >     guess
> >     > I could delete all the 'standard cable' channels from the digital
> >     > source, but then what if I want to record two things at once on
> >     > 'standard' cable?  I think MythTV will only know of one source for
> >     > standard cable defeating the purpose of having two PVR-250s.
> >     >
> >     > I am sure there is a way to do this that I am not aware of...
> >     >
> >     > Any help will be great appreciated.
> >     >
> >     > Thanks!!
> >     I have 4 PVR cards with the same source, and Myth can record from
> >     all 4
> >     at once, all using 'standard' cable. It is smart enough to figure out
> >     what card has what channels/programs available, and will figure it
> >     out.
> >     If you want to prefer one card over another, you can play with
> >     card/program priorities, but I haven't really looked at that so I
> >     couldn't tell you how it works.
> >
> >     Tom
> >
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