[mythtv-users] Input Groups - 3 encoders and 2 satellite receivers

[Hika van den Hoven]

Hoi David,

Wednesday, October 22, 2014, 4:25:09 PM, you wrote:

> On Tue, Oct 21, 2014 at 01:37:30PM -0700, Karl Newman wrote:
>> On Tue, Oct 21, 2014 at 12:56 PM, <scott at tbwifi.ca> wrote:
>> 
>> > Is it possible that I'm missing a step here...
>> >
>> > My two satellite receivers both have the same channels that they can
>> > access.  With this, I only set up one 'Video Source'.  Perhaps I need to
>> > set up two video sources, one for each satellite receiver?  This seems
>> > counter-intuitive since the Schedule's Direct info and channel lineup is
>> > identical for each.  If I call one video source Sat_1 and the other Sat_2
>> > for example and then connect:
>> >
>> > /dev/video0 (HD PVR) Component1 to Sat_1
>> > /dev/video1 (PVR 350 1) Composite1 to Sat_1
>> > /dev/video2 (PVR 350 2) Composite1 to Sat_2
>> >
>> > Will the scheduler know to only engage one of the first two encoders based
>> > on the input preference noted during scheduling?
>> >
>> 
>> The video source only tells Myth what channels a particular input can
>> receive (and the channels' tuning information, if applicable). So if both
>> your receivers can see the same channels, you should use a single video
>> source. You then map each input to the applicable video source using the
>> Input Connections section in mythtv-setup. I saw your other posts about
>> sharing a receiver between your HD PVR and your PVR 350. I think input
>> groups are exactly what you're looking for but I haven't used them so I
>> can't help you with the usage, sorry. I thought it was pretty
>> straightforward, though--just create the group and put both of the "shared"
>> inputs in it. The other PVR 350 should not be in an input group.

> You got it except for one thing.  There should be 2 videosources.
> Both PVR 350s should use one source and the HD-PVR should use another.
> Each videosource should contain the subset of channels you want the
> corresponding device to be able to record.  For example, the
> videosource attached to the PVR 350s should probably consist of all
> the SD channels and the one attached to the HD-PVR should probably
> consist of all the HD channels.

> David

I don't follow. How can the two PVR3500's share the same source if
they are connected to different satellites, with I presume different
channels?
They can use different subsets of the same grabber, but that then will
be separate sources.
I understand from what you say, that you can not share sources between
HD and SD. Even when they have the same channels?

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  Hika                            mailto:hikavdh at gmail.com

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