[mythtv-users] ClearQAM (Comcast) questions

[Ben Kamen]

On 4/12/2010 12:42 PM, Justin Johnson wrote:
>
> Speaking from experience here, the 31566 will likely include flags for
> HD programming, but the 12377 will not. I somehow set my system up  to
> prefer HD, but I don't completely recall where I did this. Here's my
> setup:
> 10--WAND--11278 (Analog and Digital, both share same channel number
> and XMLTVID to avoid duplicates)
> 10-1--WAND-HD--30925 (This is digital and is where the HD programs will show)
>
> I prefer that it record from the digital feed, since it looks better,
> so I set up my cards thusly:
> Analog-priority 0
> Digital1-priority +1
> Digital2-priority +1
>
> This way, it will record from channel 10, but the digital version (if
> available) before the analog version. Then I also set up a rule
> somewhere to add another priority for HD-flagged content, which will
> then prefer 10-1.
>
> Perhaps you could find where this HD priority is, and add a -1
> priority for that, so it prefers SD on digital.

Right --- one XMLID will have HD flags while the other does not.

And you can now prioritize based on that.

I have a similar setup to Justin.

  -Ben


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