[mythtv-users] Having different video sources per tuner type that are connected to a single SD lineup

[John Drescher]

> Multiple MythTV Video Sources can share a single Schedules Direct lineup.
>
> So, you'll still have 2 MythTV Video Sources, but will only have one
> "meta" lineup from Schedules Direct that contains all channels that are
> available across both Video Sources.
>
> You have 2 options for configuring them:
>   a) Add all channels to both Video Sources, then delete the extras, or
>   b) Modify your lineup at Schedules Direct to contain only the
> channels from the first Video Source, set it up, modify the lineup at SD
> to contain only the channels from the second Video Source, set it up,
> then modify the lineup at Schedules Direct to contain the all the channels.
>
> The second option is really not as bad as it sounds--especially when one
> Video Source is a superset of the first.  In that case, you set up the
> lineup with the first source's channels, then add the rest to the lineup.
>
> See http://www.mythtv.org/docs/mythtv-HOWTO-24.html#ss24.2 for far more
> details.
>
> Once configured, you need to (always!) run mythfilldatabase with the
> --remove-new-channels argument, so it doesn't add channels you can't get
> to the Video Sources; or instead of deleting channels from the Video
> Sources, mark them as not visible, and hope that no one ever tunes them
> and locks up an STB or something.
>

Thanks. I thought that these were the two options. I am working on a
third. There was a similar enough local lineup in my SD so that I
could customize the channels on the SD side with 2 SD listings.

John