[mythtv-users] the correct way to prefer a (i.e. digital) tuner

[Michael T. Dean]

  On 08/22/2010 02:36 PM, Brian J. Murrell wrote:
> On Sun, 2010-08-22 at 14:31 -0400, Doug Lytle wrote:
>> If I'm recalling correctly:
>>
>> Delete all your turners
>> Add the digital turner.
>> Go back in and then add your multirec tuners
>> Then add your analog tuners.
> Ahhh.  Right.  IIRC though, adding my digital tuner (which was last) was
> a real PITA, figuring out what of the various combinations of qam to
> scan and whatnot.  I burned more than a whole weekend on that.  I'd hate
> to do that again.
>
> There really ought to be a better way to prefer/re-order tuners than
> deleting them all and re-adding them.  :-(
>
> It seems that tuner priority is not causing my strange scheduling
> conflict though.  I guess time for a new message to the list.

Do the capture card portion of 
http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/264034#264034 (and do 
/not/ do the video sources portion) and it will leave all your video 
sources intact (and, therefore, all your channels unaffected).  There's 
no need to rescan, even.  Then, follow Doug's advice.

Note, too, that it's actually the order you connect the inputs that's 
important--not the order you add the capture cards.  (Capture card order 
affects Live TV, but input order affects recordings.)  Most people 
connect inputs in the same order they add capture cards, but you don't 
have to.  (Yes, feel free to re-read that--it does mean that you have a 
huge amount of control over things. :)

Mike