[mythtv-users] Multiple antennas, 2nd tuner
Daryl McDonald
darylangela at gmail.com
Thu Apr 2 03:05:55 UTC 2015
On Wed, Apr 1, 2015 at 10:21 PM, Michael Watson <
michael at thewatsonfamily.id.au> wrote:
> On 2/04/2015 10:43 AM, Ian Evans wrote:
>
>> On Wed, Apr 1, 2015 at 7:31 PM, Daryl McDonald <darylangela at gmail.com
>> <mailto:darylangela at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Apr 1, 2015 at 3:37 PM, Ian Evans <dheianevans at gmail.com
>> <mailto:dheianevans at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>> On Wed, Apr 1, 2015 at 3:03 PM, R. G. Newbury
>> <newbury at mandamus.org <mailto:newbury at mandamus.org>> wrote:
>> >
>> > On 31/03/15 07:02 PM, Ian Evans wrote:
>> >>
>> >> On Tue, Mar 31, 2015 at 1:19 PM, R. G. Newbury
>> <newbury at mandamus.org <mailto:newbury at mandamus.org>
>> >> <mailto:newbury at mandamus.org
>> <mailto:newbury at mandamus.org>>> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> On 30/03/15 07:27 PM, Ian Evans wrote:
>> >>
>> >> On Mon, Mar 30, 2015 at 7:19 PM, Gary Buhrmaster
>> >> <gary.buhrmaster at gmail.com
>> <mailto:gary.buhrmaster at gmail.com>
>> <mailto:gary.buhrmaster at gmail.com
>> <mailto:gary.buhrmaster at gmail.com>>
>> >> <mailto:gary.buhrmaster at gmail.
>> <mailto:gary.buhrmaster at gmail.>__com
>> >> <mailto:gary.buhrmaster at gmail.com
>>
>> <mailto:gary.buhrmaster at gmail.com>>>> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> On Mon, Mar 30, 2015 at 11:01 PM, Ian Evans
>> >> <dheianevans at gmail.com
>> <mailto:dheianevans at gmail.com> <mailto:dheianevans at gmail.com
>> <mailto:dheianevans at gmail.com>>
>> >> <mailto:dheianevans at gmail.com
>> <mailto:dheianevans at gmail.com>
>> >>
>> >> <mailto:dheianevans at gmail.com
>> <mailto:dheianevans at gmail.com>>>__> wrote:
>> >> > We'll soon be welcoming a 2nd HDHomerun to
>> our MythTV
>> >> family. Haven't
>> >> > painted the nursery yet.
>> >>
>> >> One of the original versions of the HDHR (a
>> single tuner
>> >> version, as I recall) came in blue. I am not
>> sure if that
>> >> was because of its Y chromosome if simply
>> because it
>> >> was "cool". AFAIK there was never a pink
>> variant (I mean
>> >> other than those that had a spray paint can of
>> rust-oleum,
>> >> and knew how to use it).
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> And we haven't even thought of names yet!
>> >>
>> >> Wrapping my head around this. I'll add the new HDHR
>> in Capture
>> >> Cards,
>> >> but still trying to see how I use my current SD
>> lineup while
>> >> removing a
>> >> couple of channels from each particular antenna.
>> I'll keep reading.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Remember that a lineup is based on the assumption the
>> every tuner
>> >> tied to that lineup can receive every channel in the
>> lineup.
>> >>
>> >> Unless you are in Fort Erie or Welland, I cannot see
>> how you can
>> >> have on antenna do both Buffalo and Rochester. Unless
>> you are in Oak
>> >> Orchard or somewhere between the two!
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> I'm in neither. Up in Toronto and get most of Buffalo
>> (minus WBBZ and
>> >> some low powers) and (ION in Rochester for half the year)
>> with a
>> >> reflected signal setup. Currently a single antenna pointing
>> at a
>> >> building northeast of me with the CN Tower, Hamilton,
>> Buffalo and
>> >> Rochester all various degrees south of me. See:
>> >>
>> http://www.digitalhit.com/evansabove/archives/2015/3/9/
>> reviewing-antennas-directs-juice-amplifier-and-clearstream-2v-antenna
>> >>
>> >> There are a few quirky channels with Buffalo, so as I'm
>> getting the
>> >> second HDHR, I'll dedicate one antenna to point SE and the
>> other one to
>> >> continue pointing NE to get the CN Tower, which is behind
>> and through my
>> >> building. That bounce setup will be 4yrs old tomorrow, as I
>> cut the cord
>> >> April 1st, 2011.
>> >>
>> >> So, anyhoo, the lineup will roughly be the same, but as a
>> couple of
>> >> channels will come in far better with the new Buffalo-aimed
>> antenna, I
>> >> don't want the "bouncer" HDHR to record those. Already
>> tested the
>> >> antenna and amp during storms in February and when printed
>> toward
>> >> Buffalo instead of my bounce building Buffalo and
>> Rochester's ION came
>> >> in loud and clear.
>> >>
>> >> Okay...just checked wikipedia and I see ION is actually
>> halfway between
>> >> Buffalo and Rochester. But WROC and few other Rochester
>> channels are
>> >> fairly regular visitors even outside of tropo events.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Wow! Solid reception from reflection. That IS remarkable.
>> And you must be at some elevation to be able to get Rochester
>> as it is about 90 miles to the Rochester transmission towers
>> >
>>
>> Yeah, balcony's about 108 feet up. As I mentioned in the link,
>> my antenna for the first 3.5 years of cord-cutting was a small
>> $50 Terk and except for a few problem channels (and that's
>> -problem-, not missing), was getting all of Toronto, Buffalo,
>> Hamilton and ION near Roc. Even tropo season was fun doing
>> some major Dx'ing. With a little Terk. The C2V should make the
>> summer months even more fun.
>>
>> Getting back to Myth though...I'll probably favour the Buffalo
>> aimed antenna and Homerun. The wiki mentioned something about
>> deleting the capture cards and redoing the one you want to
>> favour first as that will make it easier for the scheduler to
>> choose ABC from the "aimed directly at Buffalo" antenna over
>> the "aimed at a bounce building but still getting Buffalo"
>> antenna. Is that still the recommended path?
>>
>>
>> Yes, delete all capture cards, not delete all capture cards on
>> host. Then re-add them in order of recording priority.
>>
>>
>> I thought deleting all tuners was no longer required, now that you can
> assign LiveTV and Scheduling priority for each tuner in mythtv-setup. I
> thought the only reason to "delete all capture cards" as so you got
> nice/pretty sequential numbers for your tuners.
>
> Great. Thanks. It's good to have the information ahead of time. The HDHR4
>> should be here sometime next week.
>>
>>
>>
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deleting all is how I skin that cat, Mythtv offers many solutions to any
given scenario.
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