[mythtv-users] Just Got a HD-PVR Correct Way To Add a New Lineup?

[Michael T. Dean]

On 06/25/2010 09:49 AM, James Crow wrote:
>    I just got my HD-PVR and will hopefully get it installed this
> weekend. I want to make sure I install the lineup for it the correct
> way. Currently I have clear-QAM and analog cable. My digital inputs
> are listed before my analog inputs. My digital schedules direct lineup
> was added first and my analog second. Most of my recording rules are
> 'Record at any time on any channel', which prefers the digital version
> of a program over the analog. Now with the HD-PVR I want it to be
> preferred more than the analog, but less than the digital inputs. If I
> have read Mike Dean's extensive posting on the subject, this is what I
> need to do:
>
> 1) Add the HD-PVR lineup from SD
> 2) Remove all capture cards
> 3) Add digital cards first
> 4) Add HD-PVR second
> 5) Add analog cards last
> 6) Connect digital inputs
> 7) connect HD-PVR input
> 8) connect analog inputs
>    

Yes, that's exactly right.

> Can someone with a similar setup confirm this? My main concern is
> getting the priorities right for recordings so the digital and HD-PVR
> is preferred over analog. We don't use Myth to watch live TV often so
> it is a secondary concern.
>    

So make sure you don't set any input priorities or channel priorities 
and things should be good (at least as good as it's possible to get with 
*any* automated scheduling***) with the above-described configuration.

Mike

***Meaning when you occasionally notice it do something you don't want, 
you can set a manual override rule to actually /tell/ it what you want 
it to do.