[mythtv-users] Multiple Tuners (Firerwire, PVR-350), Same DCT6200 Scheduling Question

[Michael Eldridge]

The real problem -- and one that I've struggled with, eventually  
coming up with a similar solution as jturner -- is that the DCT6200  
only has one tuner and therefore can only tune one channel at a time  
making it impossible to record two different shows at the same time  
from the DCT6200.

You could run a cable splitter and have one go to the DCT6200 and one  
to the PVR-350. You would only be able to record non-digital channels  
on the PVR-350 (1 - 80 in jturner's example) but you could record two  
shows at the same time. But since some of the digital channels are  
encrypted and cannot be recorded over FireWire some creative inputs  
need to be created. The easiest thing I've done to solve the problem  
is add a channel lineup to my zap2it account, only put the analog  
channels in it, then assign that lineup to the PVR-350 making it a  
dedicated analog TV capture card.

The DCT6412 DVR is a dual-tuner model and in theory -- without ever  
testing it with myth -- you could record two different channels at  
the same time and I assume from different output sources but I'm not  
paying extra for i either.



> The OP's problem is that there are two input sources in MythTV (one
> firewire, one composite) that both use the same cable box. If you are
> using one input source, say the composite, and the other input source
> has a program scheduled at the same time, it will disrupt the other by
> changing the cable box channel.
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