[mythtv-users] Dealing with multiple local network affiliates

jedi jedi at mishnet.org
Mon Jul 14 14:33:27 UTC 2008


On Sat, Jul 12, 2008 at 09:31:18PM -0600, Brian Wood wrote:
> On Saturday 12 July 2008 20:09:27 Nick Rout wrote:
> > 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.
> 
> Network affiliates in the US sometimes run the network programming and 
> sometimes they run local or syndicated stuff, so using the same data feed is 
> probably not practical.
> 
> Even the O & Os (Owned and operated by the networks) have time slots that are 
> not network programming, and sometimes, especially in the Mountain time zone, 
> programming is delayed.

    After looking into it further, I realized that one of the
network affiliates was a lot less reliable than the other and 
just dumped the bad channel.

    I am still intrigued how the network shows end up in the 
guide data distinct though...


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