[mythtv-users] Multiple antennas, 2nd tuner
Michael Watson
michael at thewatsonfamily.id.au
Thu Apr 2 02:21:48 UTC 2015
On 2/04/2015 10:43 AM, Ian Evans wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 1, 2015 at 7:31 PM, Daryl McDonald <darylangela at gmail.com
> <mailto:darylangela at gmail.com>> wrote:
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>
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> On Wed, Apr 1, 2015 at 3:37 PM, Ian Evans <dheianevans at gmail.com
> <mailto:dheianevans at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
> On Wed, Apr 1, 2015 at 3:03 PM, R. G. Newbury
> <newbury at mandamus.org <mailto:newbury at mandamus.org>> wrote:
> >
> > On 31/03/15 07:02 PM, Ian Evans wrote:
> >>
> >> On Tue, Mar 31, 2015 at 1:19 PM, R. G. Newbury
> <newbury at mandamus.org <mailto:newbury at mandamus.org>
> >> <mailto:newbury at mandamus.org
> <mailto:newbury at mandamus.org>>> wrote:
> >>
> >> On 30/03/15 07:27 PM, Ian Evans wrote:
> >>
> >> On Mon, Mar 30, 2015 at 7:19 PM, Gary Buhrmaster
> >> <gary.buhrmaster at gmail.com
> <mailto:gary.buhrmaster at gmail.com>
> <mailto:gary.buhrmaster at gmail.com
> <mailto:gary.buhrmaster at gmail.com>>
> >> <mailto:gary.buhrmaster at gmail.
> <mailto:gary.buhrmaster at gmail.>__com
> >> <mailto:gary.buhrmaster at gmail.com
> <mailto:gary.buhrmaster at gmail.com>>>> wrote:
> >>
> >> On Mon, Mar 30, 2015 at 11:01 PM, Ian Evans
> >> <dheianevans at gmail.com
> <mailto:dheianevans at gmail.com> <mailto:dheianevans at gmail.com
> <mailto:dheianevans at gmail.com>>
> >> <mailto:dheianevans at gmail.com
> <mailto:dheianevans at gmail.com>
> >>
> >> <mailto:dheianevans at gmail.com
> <mailto:dheianevans at gmail.com>>>__> wrote:
> >> > We'll soon be welcoming a 2nd HDHomerun to
> our MythTV
> >> family. Haven't
> >> > painted the nursery yet.
> >>
> >> One of the original versions of the HDHR (a
> single tuner
> >> version, as I recall) came in blue. I am not
> sure if that
> >> was because of its Y chromosome if simply
> because it
> >> was "cool". AFAIK there was never a pink
> variant (I mean
> >> other than those that had a spray paint can of
> rust-oleum,
> >> and knew how to use it).
> >>
> >>
> >> And we haven't even thought of names yet!
> >>
> >> Wrapping my head around this. I'll add the new HDHR
> in Capture
> >> Cards,
> >> but still trying to see how I use my current SD
> lineup while
> >> removing a
> >> couple of channels from each particular antenna.
> I'll keep reading.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Remember that a lineup is based on the assumption the
> every tuner
> >> tied to that lineup can receive every channel in the
> lineup.
> >>
> >> Unless you are in Fort Erie or Welland, I cannot see
> how you can
> >> have on antenna do both Buffalo and Rochester. Unless
> you are in Oak
> >> Orchard or somewhere between the two!
> >>
> >>
> >> I'm in neither. Up in Toronto and get most of Buffalo
> (minus WBBZ and
> >> some low powers) and (ION in Rochester for half the year)
> with a
> >> reflected signal setup. Currently a single antenna pointing
> at a
> >> building northeast of me with the CN Tower, Hamilton,
> Buffalo and
> >> Rochester all various degrees south of me. See:
> >>
> http://www.digitalhit.com/evansabove/archives/2015/3/9/reviewing-antennas-directs-juice-amplifier-and-clearstream-2v-antenna
> >>
> >> There are a few quirky channels with Buffalo, so as I'm
> getting the
> >> second HDHR, I'll dedicate one antenna to point SE and the
> other one to
> >> continue pointing NE to get the CN Tower, which is behind
> and through my
> >> building. That bounce setup will be 4yrs old tomorrow, as I
> cut the cord
> >> April 1st, 2011.
> >>
> >> So, anyhoo, the lineup will roughly be the same, but as a
> couple of
> >> channels will come in far better with the new Buffalo-aimed
> antenna, I
> >> don't want the "bouncer" HDHR to record those. Already
> tested the
> >> antenna and amp during storms in February and when printed
> toward
> >> Buffalo instead of my bounce building Buffalo and
> Rochester's ION came
> >> in loud and clear.
> >>
> >> Okay...just checked wikipedia and I see ION is actually
> halfway between
> >> Buffalo and Rochester. But WROC and few other Rochester
> channels are
> >> fairly regular visitors even outside of tropo events.
> >
> >
> >
> > Wow! Solid reception from reflection. That IS remarkable.
> And you must be at some elevation to be able to get Rochester
> as it is about 90 miles to the Rochester transmission towers
> >
>
> Yeah, balcony's about 108 feet up. As I mentioned in the link,
> my antenna for the first 3.5 years of cord-cutting was a small
> $50 Terk and except for a few problem channels (and that's
> -problem-, not missing), was getting all of Toronto, Buffalo,
> Hamilton and ION near Roc. Even tropo season was fun doing
> some major Dx'ing. With a little Terk. The C2V should make the
> summer months even more fun.
>
> Getting back to Myth though...I'll probably favour the Buffalo
> aimed antenna and Homerun. The wiki mentioned something about
> deleting the capture cards and redoing the one you want to
> favour first as that will make it easier for the scheduler to
> choose ABC from the "aimed directly at Buffalo" antenna over
> the "aimed at a bounce building but still getting Buffalo"
> antenna. Is that still the recommended path?
>
>
> Yes, delete all capture cards, not delete all capture cards on
> host. Then re-add them in order of recording priority.
>
>
I thought deleting all tuners was no longer required, now that you can
assign LiveTV and Scheduling priority for each tuner in mythtv-setup. I
thought the only reason to "delete all capture cards" as so you got
nice/pretty sequential numbers for your tuners.
> Great. Thanks. It's good to have the information ahead of time. The
> HDHR4 should be here sometime next week.
>
>
>
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