<html><head><style type='text/css'>p { margin: 0; }</style></head><body><div style='font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000'><hr id="zwchr"><blockquote id="DWT140" style="border-left:2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255);margin-left:5px;padding-left:5px;"><b>From: </b>"Eric Sharkey" <eric@lisaneric.org><br><b>To: </b>"Discussion about MythTV" <mythtv-users@mythtv.org><br><b>Sent: </b>Friday, November 1, 2013 6:21:57 PM<br><b>Subject: </b>Re: [mythtv-users] Need to prevent SD source from picking up HD channels.<br><br>On Fri, Nov 1, 2013 at 9:14 PM, Stefan Jones <stefan_jones@comcast.net> wrote:<br>> There may be more than one way to skin this cat.<br>><br>> I just installed a HDHR Cablecard.<br>><br>> I still have, just in case and for recording On Demand programs (e.g.,<br>> episode catch up), an analog card and IR blaster connected to an SD set top<br>> box. (I record on demand by doing a manual record; I start the record, wait<br>> for the IR blaster to change the channel, then manually order the on demand<br>> program.)<br>><br>> Both point at the same Schedules Direct lineup. I added the HD channels<br>> since the HDHR can record them.<br>><br>> Problem: Even though I edit them out from its video source channel roster,<br>> the HD channels get added back in when I run mythfilldatabase. And the SD<br>> card and STB try to tune the HD channels if I forget.<br>><br>> Is there a way to keep mythfilldatabase from messing up the per-source<br>> channel roster?<br><br>You keep one scheduled direct lineup, but create two video sources. I<br>would keep the one you have for the HDHR, and create a new one for<br>your analog card.<br><br>You won't be able to easily keep the HD channels out of this source,<br>but you can mark them as "invisible" so the scheduler will never<br>schedule a recording on one. The result of this is that only SD<br>channels will be recorded on the SD card.<br></blockquote>I do have two video sources, one marked "CABLE" (for the STB) and one marked "HDHR."<br><br>I will let mythfilldatabase load the HD channels and then edit the channels to be invisible. Hopefully the status of the "CABLE" version of these channels won't effect the "HDHR" version.<br><br>In the meantime, I found that recordings can have a preferred input set.<br><br>Thanks<br><br>STefan<br><blockquote style="border-left:2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255);margin-left:5px;padding-left:5px;"></blockquote><br></div></body></html>