[mythtv-users] HDHR Prime addition

[Matthew Daubenspeck]

Absolutely perfect, that did the trick. Everything seems to be working
great, although I had to adjust some recording schedules to pick up the
new channels. That was easy enough.

What's the easiest way to disable channels that show DRM in the
HDHRPrime web interface? For example, FX is marked DRM, so there is no
need to have it in Myth. Should I disable it in Schedules Direct and
then ignore it in channel editor?

Thanks a ton, your instructions made it perfectly easy.

On Fri, Mar 28, 2014 at 11:17:55PM +0000, Gary Buhrmaster wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 28, 2014 at 9:42 PM, Matthew Daubenspeck
> <matt at oddprocess.org> wrote:
> > My cable company finally contacted me to graciously let me know that all
> > my great QAM channels will be going away in April. I have Mythtv .27
> > that has been running with the same database for over 10 years.
> >
> > I've purchased a new HDHR Prime and got a CableCARD from my cable
> > company. If I hook it up now and run the scan, will it find the QAM
> > channels as well as the channels the card allows me to access?
> >
> > I would like to remove my current tuners (2 original HDHRs and a
> > PVR-500) to get the new HDHR Prime working, but I'm worried that there
> > may be channel mixups between QAM and authorized channels with
> > recordings.
> 
> 
> *My* recommendation would be to:
> 
> * Find a time you can dedicate to the cutover, where no
>   "critical" recordings are to be made (it can be done in
>   less than 10 minutes, if you have done everything before,
>   and it could take multiple hours if you get unlucky)
> * Stop the BE
> * Make a backup of the DB.
> * Make another backup of the DB
> * Make sure you know where the backups are.
> * Make sure the size of the backups seems "reasonable"
>   (zero length files should be a hint it did not work well).
> * Run mythtv-setup, and "delete all capture cards"
>   (and not "delete all capture cards on <this host>")
> * Run mythtv-setup, and "delete all video sources"
> * Follow the directions in the Wiki regarding the
>   Prime.  Add the device, add in a (schedules direct)
>   video source, make the input connections, and
>   be sure to "fetch listings data" (there is no scan
>   for an OCUR tuner).
> * Run mythfilldatabase --dd-grab-all
> * Start the BE
> * Test a (simple) recording.
> * Enjoy a cold tall one.
> 
> Recovery, if needed, would be to restore the
> DB and restart the BE.

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