[mythtv-users] Selecting a specific tuner?

Michael T. Dean mtdean at thirdcontact.com
Sat Aug 19 17:49:06 UTC 2006


On 08/16/06 22:35, Brad DerManouelian wrote:

>On Aug 16, 2006, at 10:26 PM, Lars Kellogg-Stedman wrote:
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>>Howdy all,
>>
>>I'm hoping someone can shed some light on some issues I've encountered
>>working with MythTV on a system with multiple tuner cards.
>>
>>I have both a PVR-350 and a PVR-500.  The PVR-500 is connected
>>directly to the incoming cable line, and receives the analog channels
>>(basically everyting below 100).  I'd like to connect the output of
>>the cable box to the PVR-350 so that I can access the premium
>>channels, too.
>>
>>Once I have the cable box connected to the 350, how do I explicitly
>>select that tuner card when watching live TV?  I'd like to make sure
>>everything is working, including the external channel change program,
>>but I'm not sure how to force MythTV to use the 350 for viewing.
>>
>Y changes to the next tuner like it says here: http://www.mythtv.org/ 
>wiki/index.php/Keybindings#Watching_TV_only
>

Or, give channels different channel numbers and type in the desired 
channel number.  And, if you want to be able to specify which to use for 
recording, you /must/ give them different callsigns.

Mike


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