[mythtv-users] I need to specify which channels are recordable by which dvb-s2 card

[Emmanuel]

On 05/06/2011 16:25, Andre wrote:
> On 5 Jun 2011, at 18:56, Emmanuel wrote:
>
>> On 29/05/2011 10:18, Andre wrote:
>>> On 29 May 2011, at 14:09, Emmanuel wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi all,
>>>> I have a problem to schedule my recordings: I have only on sat with 5
>>>> TPs, 4 of which can be recorded by my 2 dvb-s2 cards, but one which can
>>>> only be recorded by one of my card (it has a very high symbol rate of
>>>> 45Ms/s which is unusual for dvb-S2 and the "old" cant tune to it).
>>> I'm guessing you are the Manu who has been trying to find a high symbol rate DVBS2 card for some time?
>>>
>>> Which one works???
>>>
>>> I'm sure there will be many more wide transponder high rate muxes in the coming years as existing satellites are replaced.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> So I want to be able to tell the scheduler to schedule the problematic
>>>> TP only to the new card. One more information: I only have one source
>>>> and each card has a lnb input, so they can tune to different TPs at the
>>>> same time.
>>> This is the same problem as having a mixture of DVBS&   DVBS2 cards as I have.
>>>
>>> You need two sources, one with all channels from the ordinary card (delete the high rate muxes if they are detected) and another with all the channels including the high rate mux ones. You link the reduced channels source to the ordinary card(s) and the second complete source to the high rate capable card(s).
>>>
>>> You should add the cards in order starting with the least capable and adding the more capable high rate card(s) last. This way when programmes are scheduled the less capable card is used if it can be and the low rate card is skipped over if high rate mux channels are needed. This reduces the chance of the high rate card being busy with a low rate channel when a high rate channel is wanted.
>>>
>>> Provided you have the same callsigns/names for the channels in both sources (which you will from a straightforward myth scan) they will schedule shows on either card but not both. The listings pages will just show listings for the lowest channel number that matches the channel callsign/name.
>>>
>>> I would create the source for the low rate only card first and scan, then create the source for the high rate capable card and scan, that way the best utilisation of cards will happen automatically.
>>>
>>> Here is a thread about the best way of deleting and re-creating cards&   sources.
>>>
>>> http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/260095#260095
>>>
>>> Andre
>>>
>> So I am back with more questions: first I did as you say, so now I have
>> two sources (1 and 2) I did the scan for both so I have most channels
>> twice, and the HD channels are not duplicated as they only work with one
>> source, n°2. BUT I put all duplicated (for source N°2) as not visible to
>> not clutter my epg, but I still need to run my grabber for both sources
>> or just the second one is OK? Because now when it downloads the epg it
>> creates alot of duplicated channels (same callsign and xmltvid but
>> sometimes different id) which have no serviceid, so some shows dont get
>> recorded because of this.
> Sorry, half the email went missing!
>
> The grabber (if it behaves the same as uk_rt) will create empty channels for each xmltvid that doesn't match an existing channel. So you need to delete all the extra channels the grabber made, then add the xmltvids to the channels that your scans found for both sources. I have a small xmltv file so this is easier, once all the channels in the xmltv file have their xmltvids in your scanned channels then there won't be any extra non working channels created and the epg data will fill in for the correct channels.
>
> I'm sure there must be a faq or knowledgebase page for this on the wiki but I can't find one.
>
Hmm thanks, that makes sense. I will try to setup once again, everything 
visible (this is perhaps what was creating new channels). Hmm I guess I 
also need two different lineups from my provider also: one with all 
channels for the good card, and one with only the sd channels for the 
old one.
Bye
Manu