[mythtv-users] Issues recording

[Harry Devine]

Harry Devine wrote:
> R. G. Newbury wrote:
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>> Roger Heflin wrote:
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>>> Harry Devine wrote:
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>>> I though it was supposed to be able to work that way ie with NTSC on analog,
>>> and ATSC on DVB.   Just you aren't going to be able to record on both at the
>>> same time.
>>>
>>> I would suggest trying to setup two different listing so that the correct
>>> channels are in the correct place, I seem to remember before I did mine that
>>> way it would attempt to tune analog's on the digital card, and digital channels
>>> on the analog card and did not work very well.
>>>
>>> I know a number of people use 2 lineups for exactly this reason.
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>> You need at least 2 and possibly 3 lineups.
>> You need a lineup for analog cable  -> /dev/video  channels 2-99
>> You need a lineup for unencrypted digital channels...you refer to these 
>> as OTA but I think you are getting these on the cable, they just 
>> represent the channels you could get OTA and which Comcast must provide.
>>
>> Finally, you probably need a lineup for the encrypted channels which you 
>> get through the STB and firewire (if you do that).
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>> You can test the first 2 lineups against a digital TV by noting the 
>> tuner setup it requires. Of course, the analog lineup will play on an 
>> analog TV.
>>
>> And remember that although you *can* set up a PChd5000 to do both 
>> digital and analog, it can only do one of those at a time, so scheduling 
>> can be difficult. You have to provide quite different priority levels to 
>> make that work and it may not be worth the problem.
>>
>> Geoff
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> OK, I'd like to report that I've made some progress.  I created a 2nd 
> lineup via SchedulesDirect (called Cable by them) which has all of my 
> regular cable stations (2->99).  I then deleted all of my cards 
> (pcHD5500 & Firewire) and added the pcHD5500 back in for now, setting up 
> the card to scan for channels on the higher QAM-256 frequency for DVB 
> and associating the CableDigital lineup with it, and for the analog 
> portion of the card, I set the new lineup to it and did "Fetch channels 
> from listing source" as per the Wiki.  I then went thru via the channel 
> editor and deleted UNKNOWN???#? channels that I know for certain I don't 
> have or care about.
>
> So now when I go into Watch TV, I can tune the analog channels as well 
> as the HD ones with these minor issues that I hope you guys can clear up 
> for me:
>
> 1) Some of my HD channels must have been had their streams moved around 
> by Comcast because when I edited them in the Channel Editor, they didn't 
> match up (I had created a spreadsheet with the XMLTV IDs of the channels 
> I got and the original stream, i.e. 113#2).  So, I went back in to the 
> Channel Editor and fixed them, and re-ran mythfilldatabase.  Now the 
> listings for several channels are not write.  Here's an example:  
> channel 231 for me is the HD ABC station and channel 248 is the NBC 
> Local weather station.  These were swapped initially, but after fixing 
> them, I can tune to channel 231 and see ABC, but the listings in Mythweb 
> show the ABC programming on channel 248 and the Weather programming on 
> 231.  Make sense?
>
> 2)  When I tune to one of the analog stations, I get picture but no 
> sound.  I have the sound dongle from the pcHD5500 card plugged into my 
> motherboard's input jack.  The audio device is set to /dev/dsp for the 
> Analog portion of the card.  Why won't this work properly?
>
> 3) I'm sure this is an LIRC issue, but when I was in Watching TV, if I 
> enter Menu, I'm expecting it to bring up the program guide.  That's in 
> my .lircrc file, but when I do this, nothing happens.  This isn't a 
> major issue for me, as I plan on scheduling recordings via Mythweb.  I 
> will never use the Live TV function.
>
> Thanks for the help!
> Harry
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Sorry for replying to my own post, but I have a little more 
information.  I found out that for issue 1 above, I have audio on my 
Analog tuner, its just that the Line-In was muted.  However, I have 
sound coming out of it whether Live TV in Myth is running or not.  
That's probably why I had it muted, right? ;-)  Anyway, if I were to 
record something with this muted, will I have sound?  I'm going to try a 
test recording here shortly and see.  I never watch TV within Myth so as 
long as I have sound on recordings, then I'll be happy.

As for issue 2 above, I ran mythfilldatabase --refresh-all and that 
seemed to clear up the issue of the listings showing up for incorrect 
channels.  Issue 3 isn't a big deal, so I'm leaving that one alone for 
the time being.

Any thoughts on the analog sound issue?

Thanks,
Harry