[mythtv-users] Possible to have duplicate (but slightly-different) schedulesdirect lineup?

[Mike Perkins]

On 19/02/15 14:44, Karl Newman wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 19, 2015 at 5:39 AM, Will Dormann <wdormann at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi folks,
>>
>> I recently acquired an hdhomerun prime box.   So now not only do I have
>> my regular cable box lineup (which includes encrypted premium channels),
>> but I also have an additional 3 tuners that have the same channel lineup
>> but do *not* include the premium channels.
>>
>> The scenario that I'm in now is that all 4 tuners use the same
>> schedulesdirect lineup.   However, I'd like to avoid the situation where
>> mythtv attempts to use one of the hdhomerun tuners to record an
>> encrypted channel.
>>
>> Oddly, schedulesdirect does not appear to allow duplication of an
>> existing lineup (and then deselection of the unsupported channels).
>> Once a source has been selected for a lineup, it is grayed out and
>> unavailable for selection for a new lineup.  Which makes it seem like
>> I'd have to do the channel pruning on the MythTV side.   However, it
>> appears that the channel lineups on mythtv are edited on a
>> per-schedulesdirect-lineup basis, as opposed to a per-tuner basis.
>>
>> My current workaround is to go to recording schedules for shows on a
>> premium channel and explicitly select the HD-PVR source.  But I'd like
>> for this to all be automatic.   Is there a way?   Even if it requires
>> monkeying with the mythconverg database manually, I'd be OK with that.
>>
>> The way I do it is to use a lineup from a neighboring city to distinguish
> channels between my STB and DTA. The channels are identical, at least for
> all the channels I care about. I can't find the link right now but I
> believe the recommended way (which is probably best for you since you have
> only a few channels that differ) is to create a second video source which
> points to the same SchedulesDirect lineup, then use the channel editor (in
> mythtv-setup or mythweb) to mark the unavailable channels as not visible in
> the second source. Then use the input connections to link your HDHR Prime
> tuners to the new video source. I do wish SchedulesDirect would allow
> duplicate lineups with customized visibility instead of having to re-mark
> them in Myth any time you delete+recreate them (which is admittedly rare
> now).
>
Yep. Since the set of channels which each input is able to tune is different, 
you /must/ assign them to different sources.

You should be able to use the same Schedules Direct information for both 
sources, editing them as noted above.

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Mike Perkins