[mythtv-users] Connecting Zap2It data with HDTV channels

David david.fockens at gmail.com
Tue Apr 3 03:52:43 UTC 2007


On Apr 2, 2007, at 6:29 AM, William Munson wrote:

> David wrote:
>> Thank you very much for the help. The guide data is now linked up
>> properly. However, MythTV isn't letting me schedule recordings. When
>> I set up a new recording through Manage Recordings --> Recording
>> Schedule, it says the schedule won't be affected when I tell it to
>> preview schedule changes and when I exit the record dialogue it's as
>> though I never scheduled anything.
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> Are the HD channels using the same channel numbers as your SD  
> channels?
> If its the same, your input priorities maybe forcing myth to use  
> the SD
> input. I set the priority of my HD channels higher than the SD.  
> That way
> anything that can be recorded in HD will be and everything else  
> gets SD.
>
> In my case I have different numbers assigned to the channels. My cable
> provider uses different channel numbers for the SD and HD versions  
> of a
> channel so thats how I configured my system. Again, the HD channels  
> are
> a higher priority so I normally use the "record from any channel" and
> "new episodes only" options when creating a recording schedule. Which
> gives me HD when available.
>
> Also check with the channel editor in mythtv-setup to make sure your
> channels are visible and set up the way you expect.

I've actually only set up MythTV to see the HD channels--there are no  
SD channels. I'm able to watch live tv on all the channels I've set  
up and I'm able to record by pressing "r" while watching live tv but  
for some reason I'm not able to schedule recordings.



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