[mythtv-users] Schedules Direct Service for OTA Coverage

Joseph Fry joe at thefrys.com
Mon Dec 24 06:50:46 UTC 2012


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> I think the question is, "how do you create a video source containing both
> lineups". The input connections page in setup only allows you to link a
> single source to each tuner, and each source only allows you to select a
> single lineup. This seems like a common scenario using SD with OTA
> channels, I know many people who receive channels from two separate cities
> on the same antenna, and SD may not contain a single lineup with all of
> those channels. It would be nice if SD had the option to merge two lineups,
> or if a video source could have more than one lineup. Is there a trick to
> this I am not aware of? It doesn't effect me, but I am curious.
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> I have always used two "lineups" with SD to get data for all of my OTA
> channels.  I don't know about creating video sources with lineups in
> MythTV, as I have never done that.  To me, the idea of a lineup is just
> silly, since no one else has the same set of channels that I do.
>
> I just manually enter the XMLTV ID for each channel in the channel editor
> for each input.  I have 6 tuners, each on it's own input.  I probably could
> use two inputs (I have two independent antennas), but I find it easier to
> determine which tuner is being used when each tuner is assigned it's own
> input.
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I thought mythfilldatabase only downloaded data for listings that were
assigned to a source.  Of course I just assumed that to be true, never
tried it.
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