[mythtv-users] HD simulcast: how best to configure

[Michael T. Dean]

On 06/14/2013 10:15 AM, George Nassas wrote:
> On 2013-06-13, at 12:38 PM, LAUKENS Niels wrote:
>
>> * Combine all 3. Can I assign priorities to channels, so that I 
>> preferable
>> watch/record HD, only falling back if scheduling requires me to?
>
> Combining this way is your best option and sets things up for the way 
> the scheduler wants to work. Should the listings for the HD version 
> actually show its programming as having HD quality then there's an 
> option (somewhere) in the settings about preferring HD shows so the 
> scheduler will automatically favour the HD channel when all other 
> factors are equal.
>
> A friend has a setup with 1 SD & 2 HD tuners and myth rarely /never 
> fails to pick the best combination of quality and programming.

While you can set a global priority increment specifically for HDTV 
shows, I would recommend using the per-recording-rule HDTV filter, 
instead, so you can say /which/ shows should be recorded in HDTV rather 
than, for example, missing the first airing of an episode of Falling 
Skies just so it can record a Simpsons re-run in HDTV and (assuming the 
schedule doesn't later change) record a later re-run of the Falling 
Skies episode.

Again, as everyone has mentioned, the HDTV filter (or priority) only 
works if your listings data actually differentiates between HDTV and 
SDTV showings (within and across channels).

Mike