[mythtv-users] Channel overlap with Satellite and ATSC

[Kevin Ross]

> From: Greg Oliver
> Sent: Sunday, January 03, 2010 9:58 PM
> 
> So, I have followed mythtv for a long time, but never really
> implemented it fully due to lack of HD capabilities for non ATSC
> signals..  Well, with the hd-pvr, that has changed I guess.  I have
> one now, and have it installed and all is great.  I just have a
> question on how to properly setup my sources.
> 
> I will end up with 2 or 3 hdpvrs, and probably 2 hdhomeruns.  I do not
> know (and have not found) the proper way to go about configuring it so
> if all four ATSC tuners are busy, that the "local" channels on the
> hdpvrs connected to my directv service gets used.
> 
> Is this possible?  It appears when I setup 2 sources with my schedules
> direct (1 for dtv, and 1 for broadcast channels - or if I scan for
> broadcast channels), there is not a correlation between ie, KXAS from
> my directv source, and KXAS for my OTA source.
> 
> Am I just over thinking this, or is this something that needs some
> tweaking to make work?

I have nearly the same setup.  Two HD-PVR's, and two ATSC tuners for an
antenna.  I have it set so the same channels have the same callsign and
xmltvid.  Actually the xmltvid was already the same, as provided by
Schedules Direct.  So all I needed to do was change the callsign.  I also
changed the channel number to be the same.  This will keep the guide from
showing duplicate channels.

To give preference to the OTA tuners for local channels, I think you just
need to make sure those tuners have a lower tuner ID, meaning you define
those tuners before you define the HD-PVR's in mythtv-setup.