[mythtv-users] using mythtv while traveling

Another Sillyname anothersname at googlemail.com
Wed May 24 03:40:50 UTC 2017


I don't know your hardware setup, but lets assume your OTA is received
by your server using a DVB-T2 card of some description.

In mythtv-setup.

Option 2. Capture Cards - Identify the correct card/device that you
use to received OTA transmissions and add it to your existing cards.

Option 4. Video Sources - Create a new video source, lets call it
DVB-T2-OTA-TEST. Configure this for your listings source.

Option 5. Input Connections - Attach the new Capture Card Device
created above to the new Video Source created above.

Option 6. Channel Editor - Do a channel scan in here using the CORRECT
capture card configured above.  Sort out the received channels.

That should be it.

What I do for the 'combined' DVB-T2 (terrestrial Freeview) and DVB-S2
(satellite) is sit down and work out what method I want to use to
receive which channels (some are duplicated from both services), then
I have a mythmakechannels script which I use to make ALL channels from
ALL services hidden, then selectively turn back on and renumber the
channels I want and the order I want them in.

So for example......

I turn BBC1 on the DVB-T2 feed back on and make it channel 1 (I can
identify the correct BBC1 using the chanid SQL table value which is
created during the scan)

I renumber the channum for the DVB-S2 version of the BBC1 one channels
to a ridiculous high number (99999xxxxxxxxx) and leave it hidden.
This 'gets it out of the way' of valid channel numbers avoiding
accidental conflict with a valid in use channum.

I sit down and do this for ALL the channels in my combined scans, then
create my customised mythmakechannels script (you could create
different 'flavours' of the script for each location) .

Here is a template of the mythmakechannels script, my version is less
complicated but you should be able to use this one to work out your
own specific needs.

https://www.mythtv.org/wiki/UK_Channel_Assignments

Good luck

On 24 May 2017 at 00:42, Jim Abernathy <jfabernathy at outlook.com> wrote:
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> On 05/23/2017 02:59 PM, George Bingham wrote:
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> -- George
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> On Tue, May 23, 2017 at 6:31 AM, Another Sillyname
> <anothersname at googlemail.com> wrote:
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>> Jim
>>
>> The problem you'll always have is that as you move to each campground
>> you will always have to setup your channels 'as a new setup' because
>> it's the only way you can 'capture' what channels are on what
>> frequencies.
>>
>> What you could do potentially is setup a different 'Video Sources' in
>> mythtv setup as you move to each campground (and perhaps name the
>> video source the same as that location).  Then as you revisit an
>> existing pre captured location you can use that video source.
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>> I use this methodology to combine DVB-T2 and DVB-S2 systems into one
>> usable frontend system,
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>> On 23 May 2017 at 12:17, Jim Abernathy <jfabernathy at outlook.com> wrote:
>> > We travel at lot in an RV camper and it has good OTA and Cable TV
>> > depending on the Campground. Some have no cable and we use OTA or
>> > DirecTV Satellite. Since you can't get the Local network stations via
>> > satellite outside your home location due to beaming I have to locate the
>> > network channels OTA or via Cable if the park has cable.
>> >
>> > The problem is that the cables systems vary from campground to
>> > campground.  All are unencrypted QAM so a TV or HDHomeRun Connect set to
>> > "cable" can find the stations.
>> >
>> > I'd like to setup a camper version of a Mythtv backend and frontend but
>> > I want to understand the best way to change the cable or OTA channel
>> > setting from week to week as I move around.
>> >
>> > I've only set up a system at home where the HDHomerun Connect and Mythtv
>> > find one set up channels via OTA.
>> >
>> > I use ScheduleDirect for my scheduling at home.  Not sure but I'm hoping
>> > I could change ScheduleDirect settings to other zipcodes to receive OTA
>> > in other locations.  Not sure about Cable systems that maybe privately
>> > setup just for the campground.
>> >
>> > Any ideas on a easier setup?
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> I have never moved my mythtv backend around like you are wanting to do, but
> I do use it for OTA stations.
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> I bet the previous advice on setting up a new video source each time you
> settle in a particular area would work.
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> I don't know how much work is involved in setting up your schedules direct
> subscription for a distinct set of channels in each location, but I just use
> the very limited schedules provided OTA. That provides show titles and
> descriptions, but generally not episode titles or season or episode numbers,
> but *should* work wherever you get OTA signals. It only provides 12-24 hours
> worth of info ahead, but that may be all you need if you're only going to
> spend a day or two in one place anyway.
>
> Let us know how it goes and what tips work for you as you move about.
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> so I want to setup an experiment to learn what I need to do.  So on my home
> system what do I need to do to test an OTA limited schedule video source?
> If I choose ETI I then have to associate that video source with an input.
> Do I just change one of my ScheduleDirect input connections to the video
> source that uses ETI? Since I have 4 tuners I could do that temporarily, but
> I don't want to break anything and I'm not sure how to setup a recording
> that only goes to the ETI source.
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> Ultimately, I'm looking for a process that's easy to change every few days
> as I move around.
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> Jim A
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