[mythtv-users] Using two EPG sources - XMLTV for TV and EIT for radio on DVB

[Joe Nyland]

On 7 Mar 2012, at 14:04, John Veness wrote:

> On 07/03/2012 13:19, Simon Hobson wrote:
>> joenyland at me.com wrote:
>> 
>>> Whilst reading through the list today, I noticed that John Veness
>>> said that he was using EIT for radio station listings and at the
>>> same time using XMLTV for TV listings:
>> ...
>>> I know this may seem a very basic question to everyone on the list,
>>> but I'd appreciate your help.
>> 
>> Just setup your TV channels for XML-TV (use EIT unticked, xmltv-id
>> entered), and setup the radio channels for EIT (use EIT ticked,
>> xmltv-id blank).
>> 
>> And make sure one of your tuners has the (something like) "Use for
>> EIT" box ticked.
>> 
>> It "just works".
> 
> Yes, you can set this up in either mythtv-setup, or as Martin Moores 
> also says, mythweb is probably easier. As well as for radio channels, 
> you can also use EIT on a few TV channels for which RT don't provide 
> listings.
> 
> Just make sure that you don't have any channels which have *both* an 
> XMLTVID defined and useonairguide ticked. Although it sounds like a nice 
> idea, using XMLTV to get 14-day listings, and EIT to deal with last 
> minute changes, in practice Myth isn't designed to work with this setup, 
> and you'll find that some programs don't get recorded (or others get 
> recorded twice, or similar problems) due to the differences between the 
> XMLTV and EIT listings.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> John
> 
> -- 
> John Veness, MythTV user, UK, DVB-T
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Thank you for your replies - I'm having a look into it now.

I'm still not 100% sure how to setup separate 'Radio' and 'TV' groups of channels, as you describe.

I've setup a new 'Video source' which is set to use EIT, which is alongside my current RadioTimes XMLTV source.

I'm a bit confused what to do next. Can anyone offer any pointers?

Thanks,

Joe