[mythtv-users] [mythtv-commits] Ticket #3295: Scheduler schedules recordings on channels it doesn't receive

[Michael T. Dean]

On 04/11/2007 05:56 PM, MythTV wrote:
> #3295: Scheduler schedules recordings on channels it doesn't receive
>
>  I've found a little problem with the way mythtv schedules programs.
>
>  If more than one capturecard is connected to a single inputsource, mythtv
>  assumes that it can receive every channel associated with the inputsource
>  on either capturecard.  Normally this is probably true, but I've found at
>  least one case where it isn't.
>
>  I've got a cable box connected by firewire (dct-6200) and a DVB card
>  (pchdtv-5500) both connected to the same feed.  The cable box can get any
>  channel, but the DVB card can only get a subset of the channels.  I can't
>  set up two different input sources because mythfilldatabase changes the
>  datadirect lineups, and I end up with no data for a bunch of channels.
>  The result is that mythtv schedules recordings on channels it doesn't know
>  how to tune, and these recordings fail, so I miss a bunch of shows.

Adam, the right way to configure your system is to use two different 
video sources /and/ two different DataDirect lineups.  If you can't 
create 2 lineups (i.e. DataDirect prevents you from creating multiple 
lineups using the same "source"--i.e. your local cable company's digital 
package), you have two choices:
    a) use a different nearby zip code where the provider has the same 
channels
    b) create and use a second DataDirect account.

Mike