[mythtv-users] Recording profiles

[Christopher Sean Hilton]

Hi,

First I'd like to say thanks for all the answers on the Atom
question!

I have a question about how MythTV applies recording profiles. My
setup has three tuners: An HD-PVR connected to my Cable box, an
HDHomerun connected to the cable naked, and an HDHomerun connected to
an antenna in my attic. As I said before, I get about 300 channels on
HD-PVR, about 30 on the cable-connected HDHomerun, and about 5 on the
antenna connected HDHomerun. For this question I only care about the
HD-PVR.


Regarding recording profiles: Does MythTV use any of the program guide
data when it decides what profile with which to record? I ask because
my cable provider: CableVision/Optimum iO, just performed a major channel
reorganization that replaces HD content with SD where that is
possible. This is a great thing for the normal user but for MythTV it
may kindof suck depending on how Myth chooses to record content. The
issue is that Schedules Direct still shows the content as SD. If Myth
uses SD vs. HD to setup the Hauppage HD-PVR before recording then my
HD recordings may suffer in quality.

Here's what happens: I'm close to New York City so local broadcast
channel 2 is WCBS. I used to receive WCBS content on two channels: 2
and 702 from CableVision. Channel 2 was Standard Definition and
Channel 702 was High Definition. After the reorg channel 702 shows a
message that says: change to channel 2. And channel 2 shows WCBS in
high def. The crux of the issue is that Schedules Direct says that
channel 2 carrys WCBS-SD and channel 702 carries WCBS-DT. Unfortunatly
this is technically correct. I have a cablecard connected TiVo (which
I'm trying to replace with MythTV) on as far as the cablecard feed
goes 2 is SD and 702 is HD. There are several channels that are like
this, WCBS is just an example. 

When I talked to the Schedules Direct people they indicated that they
don't think that they need to change their lineup data but they don't
think that they need a new lineup that references the cable box
situation. I can whack the channel guide information on myth but that
solution is brittle. 

If myth used the same recording profile for SD and HD content I could
live with the fact that my recordings aren't marked HD. If they used
different profiles but it's configurable I'd prefer to change that
configuration rather than go with the more brittle solution of
modifying 200+ xmlid's in the channel information and hoping I never
have to use the automatic options in mythfilldatabase. I could be off
base here though. It's possible I'm not seeing a simpler better
solution to my problem.

I appreciate hearing anyone's thoughts and ideas here!

Thanks,
-- 
Chris

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Christopher Sean Hilton                    [chris/at/vindaloo/dot/com]
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