[mythtv-users] scheduler confusion

[blind Pete]

Sorry for the very long delay, real life has been intruding.  

On Thu, 7 Aug 2014 09:58:07 +0100
Simon Hobson <linux at thehobsons.co.uk> wrote:

> blind Pete <0123peter at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > There are three physical dvb-t tuners on two cards, each is
> > configured for five virtual tuners.  15 total.
> 
> First question: Do these all get the same multiplexes, or do
> different cards get different muxes ? It is VERY important as it has
> a major effect on how things need to be set up.

To be clear, by mux do you mean a collection of one or more
sub-channels encoded in a single data stream broadcast on a single
frequency and detected by a single physical tuner?  

There are six muxes in this city.  Each of the three physical tuners
can see all of them.  

> > selectclause: (channel.callsign LIKE 'SBS%' OR channel.callsign =
> > 'NITV') AND cardinput.cardid = 'sbs'
> ...
> > selectclause: (channel.callsign NOT LIKE ('SBS%') AND
> > channel.callsign <>  'NITV' ) AND  cardinput.cardinputid <> 'sbs'
> 
> AFAIK you should rarely, if ever, have to specify cards/inputs in
> your recording rules. Normally you simply tell the system *WHAT* you
> want recording and it works out *WHERE* it can be recorded. 

That is what I want, but it didn't work hence the stuffing about.  
(It still doesn't work.)  

> If you
> have multiple tuners that get the same set of channels/muxes then you
> define these as one source with one set of channels and let the
> system decide which tuner to use. If the physical tuners get
> different muxes/channels (eg using different antennae pointing at
> different transmitters) then you need to define them as separate
> inputs with different channel lineups - but the system still decides
> for itself which tuner to use.

I have the "easy" problem, but after reading about a New Zealander who
should have *no* problem because he had three transmitters and three
receivers I decided to experiment.  

-- 
testing
bP