[mythtv-users] HDHR Prime questions

[Karl Newman]

On Thu, Oct 18, 2012 at 6:11 PM, James Orr <james.orr7 at gmail.com> wrote:

> SchedulesDirect: At the moment I have the HDHR connected to the broadcast
> listings (even though it uses cable), and the HD-PVR connected to the
> digital cable listing, including premium channels such as HBO.  When adding
> the HDHR Prime, would I need another digital cable listing that excludes
> the premium channels that I don't think I will be able to receive on the
> prime?  Is this possible with schedules direct?
>
> For some shortsighted reason, SchedulesDirect does not allow you to use
the same lineup multiple times with different channels selected. The
official, approved way (http://www.mythtv.org/docs/mythtv-HOWTO.html#toc24.2)
is to create the video source with the limited lineup and download the
channels for your Clear QAM input(s). Then you're supposed to select the
additional channels on SchedulesDirect that your Prime can see and download
that lineup as another video source. Then to keep things from getting
screwed up, you tell Mythfilldatabase to ignore new channels so your
limited video source doesn't get the channels added that it can't receive.

The obvious drawback to this method, though, is that if your provider
changes any channels, you'll have to go through that procedure again to
pick up the changes. I wasn't excited about that prospect, though, so what
I did was to add a new lineup using a neighboring city which for my
purposes is identical to my primary lineup. Then I can deselect the
channels that the tuner can't get, and that way both video sources pick up
channel changes automatically with no further work required by me (unless
one can't receive it and tries to record something on it). It's kind of a
dumb workaround and I wish SD would allow multiple lineups for the same
city, but I really can't complain much for $25/year.

Sincerely,

Karl
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