[mythtv-users] setting up specific channels to only use a specific tuner??

[James Abernathy]

> On Nov 11, 2018, at 1:03 PM, John P Poet <jppoet at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> On Sun, Nov 11, 2018 at 9:40 AM Jim Abernathy <jfabernathy at gmail.com <mailto:jfabernathy at gmail.com>> wrote:
> I have a new situation where channel 11-1 has huge issues with my new 
> HDHR Quatro. Signal Strength is 100% but Quality and Symbols go to 0 
> very 4-5 seconds.  However on my HDHR Duo none of this happens.  So 
> until I can get Silicondust to help resolve this, I need to set all 
> recording on Channel 11-1 to only use the Duo.
> 
> I see the record scheduling option of preferred input.  Is that the 
> correct way?
> 
> Jim A
> 
> The easiest way is to set a "Custom Priority" for the desired combination:
> 
> Setup -> Video -> Recording Priorities -> Custom Priority
> Rule Name:  "11-1"
> Priority Change:  +50
> Use the "Avoid poor signal quality" sample rule and modify as appropriate.
> 
> Alternatively, If you happened to set the display name of your capture cards to indicate which HDHR they are, for example:
> Quatro1, Quatro2, Quatro3, Quatro4, Duo1, Duo2
> 
> Then you could use a rule like:
> capturecard.displayname LIKE 'Duo%' and channel.channum="11-1"
> 

I named the tuners HDHR-0 thru HDHR-5.  I could always change it to Quatro and Duo to make it simpler. Not sure I understand the rules.  If I set this up in one Frontend, will it affect live and recorded TV on other Frontends and on Kodi frontends?

Jim A

> John
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