[mythtv-users] Sources and inputs

Chris Dennis cgdennis at btinternet.com
Tue Jul 8 06:05:53 UTC 2008


Hello MythTV People

My MythTV backend has two DVB-S tuner cards, and a twin DVB-T card, 
giving me four inputs in total.

Having read all the documentation I can find, and tried various 
combinations of settings, I can't work out how many Video Sources I 
should set up.

DVB-S and DVB-T carry different channels (with some overlap), but the 
only workable xmltv source of listings is tv_grab_uk_rt.

I've set up a separate channel listing file for DVB-S and DVB-T, i.e. 
the files with lines like   channel cbeebies.bbc.co.uk 
                                                                		 
channel channel5.co.uk

It seems sensible to just have one Video Source defined in mythtv-setup 
for DVB-S, and one for DVB-T, because they refer to a single source of 
information.  But on the other hand, 'Video Source' also seems to mean 
the same thing as 'Input Card' when it comes to switching sources in the 
front-end menu.  If I only define one Video Source, I can't use 'Switch 
Source' from the Live-TV menu.

What is the best way to set this up?

cheers

Chris
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Chris Dennis                                  cgdennis at btinternet.com
Fordingbridge, Hampshire, UK


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