[mythtv-users] Controlling Input Used for Recordings

[Michael T. Dean]

On 05/01/2006 06:24 PM, John Welch wrote:

>I'm working on setting up a MythTV system.  Currently I am using three
>inputs as follows:  First, I have a direct cable line going into the
>RF input of a PVR-150.  Second, I have a Comcast Digital Cable box
>hooked up to the PVR-150 via the component inputs.  (Note: I only want
>to use this input to record encrypted stations that I have no other
>way of tuning.)  Lastly, I have another direct cable line going into
>an HD-3000 card.  Up until a few days ago I had no overlapping
>channels with these three inputs.  However, over the weekend, with the
>help of the list, I was able to tune several QAM256 SD channels on the
>HD-3000 card.  Now I have these same channels available both on the
>analog input and on the HD-3000 card.  I have MythTV setup so that
>these channels show up separately in the Guide.  Last night I setup a
>recording by going into the Programming Guide and choosing a digital
>channel.  However, the recording was actually done using the
>corresponding analog channel.
>
>So, my question is can I force MythTV to use a particular input for a
>recording?  I know that you can assign priorities to inputs and/or
>channels.  But I'm not sure this is what I am looking for.  Depending
>on the program I am recording I may decide it's better to use one
>input versus the other.
>

TTBOMK, only if you specify different callsigns for the different 
(same?) channels.  However, this means that Myth won't ever be able to 
do "channel" recordings across inputs because it won't know that the 
channels are the same.

Mike