[mythtv-users] HDHomeRun & multirec

[Richard Shaw]

On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 9:17 AM, James Orr <james.orr7 at gmail.com> wrote:
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> On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 10:14 AM, Richard Shaw <hobbes1069 at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 9:10 AM, James Orr <james.orr7 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 5:42 PM, James D. Goddard
>> > <pubear at u.washington.edu>
>> > wrote:
>> >>
>> >> On 11/13/09 2:11 PM, "Richard Shaw" <hobbes1069 at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> >> > On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 4:07 PM, James Orr <james.orr7 at gmail.com>
>> >> > wrote:
>> >> >> I got my 0.22 installation done on Wednesday (not exactly painless,
>> >> >> but
>> >> >> it
>> >> >> all worked out in the end).  I suddenly remembered I'm supposed to
>> >> >> have
>> >> >> multi-rec on my HDHR now!
>> >> >>
>> >> >> So, I went into mythtv-setup and found the option for number of
>> >> >> recordings
>> >> >> and I set that to 2 for both tuners to see what would happen.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> I checked my upcoming recordings schedule and I don't see any
>> >> >> changes.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> So my first question is ... is there something else I need to do?
>> >> >>
>> >> >> And my second question is ... how can I see what channels are on the
>> >> >> same
>> >> >> thingy and eligible for simultaneous recording?
>> >> >
>> >> > For Multirec to work it needs to be on the same frequency but
>> >> > different subchannels. In my case, the local PBS station is 10 and
>> >> > they broadcast HD on 10.1 and SD on 10.2. Find something like this
>> >> > and
>> >> > try and record whatever is on both channels. It should only tie up
>> >> > one
>> >> > tuner instead of both.
>> >> >
>> >> > Richard
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>> >>
>> >> AFAIK, and if you are willing to look at the MySQL channels table, you
>> >> can
>> >> check the "mplexid" field.  I believe that any channels that have the
>> >> same
>> >> multiplexid should be able to be recorded on a single tuner.  This
>> >> field,
>> >> and the entire channels table is visible using mythweb, if you go to
>> >> the
>> >> channel editor portion of the settings.
>> >
>> > Thanks!
>> >
>> > My HDHR is handled by a slave backend and I had restarted that but not
>> > the
>> > master.  After I restarted the master 4 new tuners popped up and it's
>> > now
>> > going to record Heroes, House and How I Met Your Mother all at the same
>> > time
>> > tonight!
>> >
>> > I was a little bit worried about that as those channels are 8.1, 17.1
>> > and
>> > 3.1 respectively and that didn't seem to match up with what Richard said
>> > but
>> > when I checked the database I can see that 8.1 and 3.1 are on the same
>> > multiplex so all is (or should be) well.
>> >
>> > Thanks for adding this feature!
>>
>> Hmm... Are you recording from a Cable provider instead of OTA HD?
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> Yes.

That's why it works for you. The cable provider can multiplex whatever
they want. With OTA HD, each broadcaster only multiplexes their
channels, which makes it almost useless for me since there is not much
I watch on their subchannels.

Richard