[mythtv-users] Issue with multiple sources for HD with zap2it and setting them to use 1 HD card. Sourcid problem?

[Gene Stapp]

Kevin Kuphal wrote:
> Gene Stapp wrote:
>   
>> I found some channels in testing on my qam cable system. The channels in 
>> question are tnt-hd, cinemax hd, and starz-hd. To get the zap2it lineups 
>> for these channels I had to create a new login for zap2it and 2 new 
>> listing sources from somewhere in virginia with a dish network listing 
>> and a digital cable source in new york city because since these are in 
>> "testing" they are not officially in zap2it or anywhere else. My problem 
>> is, when I edit the sourceid to match my qam card, it works but only 
>> until the next mythfilldatabase run. Then it says no data for the edited 
>> channels and then the new channels pop back in without the freqid, and 
>> the multiplex info, while still leaving the modified sources but with No 
>> data in the guide. Also the source id on these channels that are created 
>> go back to 5 and 6. (I have to edit source id to 1 to get it to work 
>> with my HD qam card in channel database)
>>
>> Is there something I'm missing here? If i leave them as sourceid 5 and 6 
>> it won't use my hd recorder card and it then will miss the recordings. 
>> Am I supposed to import these channels into my main HD listing source 
>> (source id 1).
>> channel listing:
>>   
>>     
> What you're missing is that you can only have one source per card and 
> that source and it's channels are maintained by zap2it and 
> mythfilldatabase. 
>
> That being said, I *think* you could do something like this:
>
> Copy channel from source 5 to source 1 so you have two of them but 
> obvioulsy change the source for the copy to 1.  If they have identical 
> callsigns, I believe Myth will only show them once in the guide.  Since 
> you have no cards that have source 5 defined, it should only try to 
> record on the duplicate channel on source 1.
>
> I don't think that mythfilldatabase will try to remove the extra channel 
> but I'm not 100% sure.
>
> Kevin
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hmm ran myfilldatabase again. here is what I now have for one example 
channel. (max-hd)
Modified one that records in myth but missing listing info:
5753    753    519000000    1    MAXHD    CineMAX High Definition        
0        34933    2    32768    32768    32768    32768    atsc    1    
1        0    7    3    192768    0

One that mythfill recreates that has actual listing information but 
won't record with:
5001    753    753    5    MAXHD    CineMAX High Definition        0    
    34933    0    32768    32768    32768    32768    Default    0    
0        0    32767    0    192768    0


When I try to record a show from said listings, nothing happens. I tried 
making the new channels invisible, but that didn't help either as now 
there is no listing information for the modified channels that work. I 
would of assumed if the xmltv id's are the same it would use the same 
listing information. xmltvid's for this station is 34933.  Grr this is 
annoying. I guess I could try to get EIT info directly, but the problem 
with that is I wont be able to schedule things from very far out. It 
doesn't appear myth will use the source 1 if source 5 or 6 isn't defined 
to anything. Any ideas on a workaround or am I SOL on this?

one other idea, is it possible for me to make another cardinput using 
the same card but a different source directly from the database. Kinda 
like a quick n dirty hack.
cardinputid   Cardid   Sourceid Inputname
5    4    1    DVBInput        2    N        761    0        0    
11700000    10600000    9750000    QAM    0    0    0    0

add a new one as
5   4   5   DVBInput  etc etc