[mythtv-users] Same channels on different sources

[Michael Lynch]

On 11/28/06, Sven Lankes <mythtv at killefiz.de> wrote:
> I am running a mythtv 0.20 machine that has two dvb-cards. One is DVB-T
> and one DVB-C - there three types of channels in my setup:
>
> 1. Those that are available only on DVB-T
> 2. Those that are available only on DVB-C
> 3. Those that are available on both cards
>
> What is the right way to tell mythtv that a channel is the same on
> source a and b so that it doesn't record a show twice if it's set to
> "always Record on any channel"?
>
> Do I need to set the xmltv-id to the same value? Or the channel name? Or
> the channel id? Or all of them? Or something else?
>
> I had this working with DVB-T and analog cable in the last incarnation
> of my mythbox but cannot re-figure out how to do it now.
>
> --
> sven
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I have a somewhat similar situation where I have a few of the same
channels on FTA and cable (ABC, NBC, CBS...etc).  I have 2 lineups on
zap2it, my cable TV provider lineup and the lineup of channels I get
from FTA.

At first, I didn't include these duplicate channels in my zap2it
lineup for my FTA box, but after I got it stable I added the channels
to my FTA lineup.  Myth now magically knows that if the FTA box is
recording something on another channel it needs to record my
{ABC,NBC,CBS...etc} show over the regular cable, and vice versa.