[mythtv-users] cannot "remap" channels in channel table for HDHomeRun Prime

Khanh Tran khanh at khanh.net
Tue Nov 29 16:26:32 UTC 2011


On Tue, Nov 29, 2011 at 10:55 AM, David Engel <david at istwok.net> wrote:
> Anyway, here's what you can do.  Change the callsigns for both the SD
> and HD versions of the channels to be the same.  For example, if
> channel 7 is ESPN and 707 is ESPNHD, change 707 to be ESPN.  This will
> let you use channels 7 or 707 interchangeably when you create a
> recording rule for ESPN.  Now, lower the priority of channel 7 so it
> is less than the priority for channel 707.  For example, if both have
> 0 priority, change channel 7 to be -1.  This will make MythTV use
> channel 707 in nearly all cases, even if you originally created a
> recording rule using channel 7 from the EPG.

I'm already matching the callsigns to get the recorder to pick them up
as the same channel, so this question was really directed towards
LiveTV.

Anyway, the explanation makes perfect sense.  Thanks all.


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