[mythtv-users] Dealing with multiple local network affiliates

Nick Rout nick.rout at gmail.com
Sun Jul 13 02:09:27 UTC 2008


On Sun, Jul 13, 2008 at 2:01 PM, Roger Heflin <rogerheflin at gmail.com> wrote:
> jedi wrote:
>> Hullo,
>>
>>     Is there any good way to deal with the multiple
>> redundant recordings that occur when you can recieve
>> multiple affiliates for the same network? I live in
>> DFW so I can get OTA signals from both NBC affiliates.
>> How can I stop MythTV from recording the same show at
>> the same time on 2 separate channels?
>>
>>     Both tuners of my HDHomeRun are recording the same
>> episode of the same show at the same time. I would like
>> to prevent this with the least amount of unintended
>> consequences. Is there a recording rule setting for this?
>> Can I limit some shows so they only record one at a time?
>
>
> If you have a schedule and the schedule properly lists the episode and don't
> record duplicates is set then it should not be recording the duplicates.
>
> If the schedule does not properly list the episode it does not know that they
> are actually duplicates, I don't know how to solve that, except to only record
> the show on a single channel.
>
> You may want to try updating the guide data earlier in the day via something
> like this: "/usr/local/bin/mythfilldatabase --refresh-today" otherwise you may
> not get guide updates for a show that is updated earlier in the day, and a
> number of the shows seem to update only a day or so before it is to run, I know
> I have had shows attempted to record both network's ATSC and analog feeds (4
> total) for something that does not have episode data, so on my setup shows
> conflicts and I manually need to tell it to not record all of them.


Do both affiliates run exactly the same programming lineup? If so they
should both be set to the same data source. Using an xmltv style feed
you make sure each channel has the same xmltvid.You can check this in
mythweb (setup|tv|channel info). I believe this will sort the problem.

Disclaimer: I am not sure how this works in Schedules Direct, I am
using a xmltv feed in NZ.


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