[mythtv-users] certain channels on certain devices

[Daryl McDonald]

Thanks Jay, I now have two sources, one for each antenna, but since I don't
use Mythweb I had to access the visible switch through BE > channel editor
> channel options - common > visible.. All good now

On Wed, Sep 28, 2022 at 7:57 PM Jay Foster <jayf0ster at roadrunner.com> wrote:

> On 9/28/22 12:42 PM, Daryl McDonald wrote:
> > Recently my condo's antenna has been adjusted to pick up CBC. This is
> > at the expense of CTV2, now we get one or the other, or neither,
> > depending on atmospheric conditions. Through tinkering I've found I
> > can get both channels with a wire on the window frame and another on
> > the ground screw of a receptacle, which then goes to a coax. (the joke
> > is that you can get TV signals using a wet piece of string in these
> > parts) So I want to dedicate one HDHR to a new source (intenna) and
> > leave my other capture devices on my original source (antenna). I'm
> > using json grabber with Schedules Direct and a combined FE/BE Ubuntu
> > 20.04 and Mythtv 31.
> > Or, is it possible to raise recording priorities for CBC and CTV2 on
> > one HDHR and lower recording priorities on all other capture devices?
> > Which are another HDHR and four PCI tuner cards.
> >
> > TIA  Daryl
> >
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> I do this by configuring additional inputs, and assigning the tuner(s)
> for antenna A to one input and the tuner(s) for antenna B to a different
> input.  Then use mythweb to uncheck the visible attribute for those
> channels on those inputs (tuners) that are not reliable.
>
> Mythbackend will only schedule recordings on visible channels, which
> will only be for tuners that can reliably receive them.
>
> I actually created a separate input for each tuner (6 inputs, 6
> tuners).  Three tuners are connected to antenna A and three tuners to
> antenna B.  With each tuner attached to it's own input, it makes it
> easier to see what tuner is going to be used in the schedule (the
> schedule will show the input, not the tuner).
>
> Jay
>
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