[mythtv-users] Exclude a channel from a tuner

[Michael T. Dean]

On 02/08/2011 02:44 AM, Nick Morrott wrote:
> On 8 February 2011 06:40, Lindsay Mathieson wrote:
>> On 08/02/11 14:34, Michael T. Dean wrote:
>>>> Is there a way a can stop one tuner being considered for recording a
>>>> particular channel?
>>> Different video sources.  A video source defines the list of available
>>> channels (and their tuning information) for an input.  If you have inputs
>>> that can receive different channels, you should use different video sources.
>> I've done this - setup a second video source (Shepherd No SBS) and
>> everything seems to schedule fine with the TinyTwin being excluded from SBS
>> recordings.
> MythTV uses the callsign (channel.callsign) to determine whether two
> channels are considered the same for scheduling purposes.
>> *But* - the new video source channels are visible as duplicates in the guide
>> and mythweb, however if I uncheck the "visible" setting for the second Video
>> Source channels they never get used for scheduling.
> You need to ensure that duplicate channels across sources have the
> same channel number (channel.channum) and name (channel.name) to limit
> them to a single entry in the EPG/MythWeb.

channel number and channel callsign must be identical for them to show 
as a single entry in the EPGs (which is what you were saying above, I 
think).

Mike