[mythtv-users] questions about channels...

Bruce Markey bjm at lvcm.com
Sun Jan 14 23:37:26 UTC 2007


Seth Hettich wrote:
> Two questions:
> 
> Is there a way to have channels configured in the system, but not show
> up in the grid by default? I don't want to see all the home shopping,
> but who knows I way want to watch one of them some day so I don't want
> to delete them.

Yes, this has been in myth since the early days. Read your
keys.txt for info about using "favorite" channels.

> And related, can I set a channel to never have it's shows recorded
> automatically (via the "record from any channel" option for a show)?
> I get "HBO Latino", but I'm pretty sure I always  want my shows in
> English, but again, who knows, perhaps some day I'll want to tune in
> for some reason.

No, but you can put it at a disadvantage. In TV-Settings->
Recording Priorities->Channel Priorities you can set "HBO
Latino" to -1 so that a show would prefer any other showing
at any time on any channel, HBO% or otherwise. The only shows
that would record on "HBO Latino" would be shows exclusive
to that channel.

http://www.mythtv.org/docs/mythtv-HOWTO-12.html#ss12.6

Others may mention the "visible" flag but this treats the
channel and listings as if they are even there so you would
not be bale to tune to such a channel and therefore is not
what you want.

--  bjm



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