[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:
>
>
>
>     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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