[mythtv-users] Ouch...burned recording NFL game on invisible channels

[Tom Dexter]

On Mon, Dec 22, 2014 at 9:11 AM, Daryl McDonald <darylangela at gmail.com> wrote:
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> On Dec 22, 2014 9:02 AM, "Simon Hobson" <linux at thehobsons.co.uk> wrote:
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>> Another Sillyname <anothersname at googlemail.com> wrote:
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>> > Instead of making those channels invisible why not just give them an
>> > alternate channel number, say a prefix 99 for example?
>>
>> I don't think that would help in this case - it's a matter of the channels
>> literally not being available when the aerial is pointing "the other way".
>> There really isn't any way for the system to know which way the user has
>> manually pointed the aerial - other than the user telling it, in this case
>> by marking all the "dead" channels as invisible.
>>
>
> Is a second antenna an option?
>

That's probably the ideal option for this sort of two market
situation, but for the amount I use it there's no way it's worth the
effort or money...especially since I'd need a second roof mounted
antenna.

I think my only reliable approach for these one-off single record NFL
games is in fact to temporarily mark the channel(s) as visible...which
really isn't much extra effort.  There's also no way that will cause
issues with any other scheduling by mistake, because I use the "this
channel" filter on any schedules where that could ever happen.

Tom