[mythtv-users] Wrong Channel when recording?

[Hika van den Hoven]

Hoi Roger,

Wednesday, May 13, 2015, 10:09:55 PM, you wrote:

> Daryl McDonald skrev den 2015-05-13 21:42:
>>
>>
>> On May 13, 2015 1:23 PM, "Hika van den Hoven" <hikavdh at gmail.com 
>> <mailto:hikavdh at gmail.com>> wrote:
>> >
>> > Hoi Roger,
>> >
>> > Wednesday, May 13, 2015, 6:02:59 PM, you wrote:
>> >
>> > > Hello!
>> >
>> > > I'm trying to find out if I'm seeing a bug or not. Maybe someone 
>> of you
>> > > could help me. I think I am doing all the right things.
>> >
>> > > This is what happens. This is on a DVB-C setup.
>> > > I have two channels that contain the same content and are on the same
>> > > input. (Same cardid)
>> > > These two channels are the same except one of them is in HD.
>> > > So I combined them into one channel. The HD-channel has priority 
>> of 0 and
>> > > the SD-channel has -1.
>> >
>> > > When looking in mythweb is looks like it is selecting the HD-channel.
>> > > When looking in the mythbackend log it says it selects the 
>> HD-channel. It
>> > > selects the right cardid and right chanid.
>> >
>> > > But the result is that it don't record from the HD-channel.
>> >
>> > > When looking in the database the data seems correct. At looking at the
>> > > mplexid for the channel it seems to point at the right frequency 
>> (compared
>> > > to a w_scan I did earlier).
>> >
>> > > What else could I do to debug this? Any debug flags I could use to 
>> give me
>> > > more information?
>> >
>> > > This is mythtv 0.2u on a 32-bit mythbuntu based on 12.04. Using a 
>> fixes
>> > > installation installed a week ago (since this mail was sent).
>> >
>> > > Any help would be appreciated.
>> >
>> > I don't know what is happening, but if you mark the HD channel as HD
>> > and add to your rule to prefer HD (the High definition filter)... What
>> > happens then?
>> >
>>
> [snip]
>>
>> Maybe the two channels need to be separated and given 
>> unique/appropriate xmlid'
>>
> Thats what I'm hoping I wouldn't need to do.
> At the moment I have in the database same channum, callsign but 
> different name for the Channel. This makes it possible to have two 
> different xmltv-ids. It sure looks like it is choosing the HD-channel 
> but it is not using it when recording.

> So what I want to know if this is a case that is supported or do I have
> to split up the channels.
> _______________________________________________

Shouldn't they have different callsigns? Maybe add ' HD' to the HD
one? I'm just starting to experiment with dvb, but I also gave the few
HD channels I have a different channum: 1 and 901 etc.

Tot mails,
  Hika                            mailto:hikavdh at gmail.com

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