[mythtv-users] Channel 4 HD coming to freesat, really really this time.

Paul Gardiner lists at glidos.net
Mon Mar 28 15:22:59 UTC 2011


On 28/03/2011 16:04, Andre wrote:
>
> On 28 Mar 2011, at 15:21, Paul Gardiner wrote:
>
>> On 28/03/2011 14:42, Another Sillyname wrote:
>>> You were right, they changed it from the original frequency and
>>> channel number they were broadcasting on, not sure if this will be the
>>> final version of whether it'll change again (change is more likely I
>>> suspect).
>>
>> How risky is it to make use of this for recordings? Can MythTv swap
>> to another channel if it find one unexpectedly missing or encrypted?
>
> You could record 4HD and 4SD simultaneously, often Myth does this for me anyway as my SD schedule comes from EIT and HD from XMLTV so Myth thinks they are subtly different. I just delete the SD recording when I see there are big enough files in the HD recording.
>
> If 4HD encrypts then you will just get 0B or 376B recordings.
>
> Won't be long now anyway.

Yeah, that's a good idea. I'll record them both.

Ta. P.


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