[mythtv-users] Adding a second DVB-S2 card - how to configure channels & EPG?

[Jelte Veldstra]

On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 3:33 PM, George Poulson <george.poulson at gmail.com>wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I currently have a single 0.24-fixes backend with a single Hauppauge
> Nova-S2 card and multiple front-ends. I am in the UK.
>
> I want to add a second DVB-S2 tuner card (cabled to the same quad-port LNB)
> to my backend to give me the ability to record simultaneous programmes
> across different multiplexes.
>
> I currently use the UK Radio Times xmltv EPG and want to continue to use
> this once the new card is installed.
>
> My question is: can I add a 'second set' of exactly the same channels, with
> identical programme data, on the second card and let MythTV decide which
> card to use based only on the channels that I want to record? - or must I
> 'split' my channels manually across the two cards (say: BBC1 on tuner 1, ITV
> on tuner 2, etc. etc.) so that Myth knows that if I want to record BBC1 it
> has to use tuner 1?
>
> If I have to assign the channels manually how can I choose them so as to
> give me the ability to record the maximum number of simultaneous channels
> (given that some of my channels share multiplexes)?
>
> Cheers,
> George
>
>
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After adding the tuners, you can "tie" them to the same inputs that you
already use on the existing tuner.
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