[mythtv-users] Configuring the system - not understanding some things

[Alan Chandler]

On 11/06/12 18:58, Simon Hobson wrote:
> Michael T. Dean wrote:
>
>> However, if you set your system so that the HDTV tuner(s) are used in 
>> preference (i.e. given a lower Schedule Order than the non-HDTV 
>> tuner(s)), the scheduler will probably do the right thing (unless 
>> backed into a corner with non-HDTV shows airing earlier than HDTV 
>> shows or something.
>
> Not quite in this situation.
>
> Unless the OP specifically excludes them, all the channels available 
> from the SD only tuner are also available from the HD tuner - the 
> difference being that the HD tuner can receive the single DVB-T2 mux 
> we have (which carries HD channels) in addition to the DVB-T muxes 
> which all carry SD channels.
>
> So I think it would have to be done via channel priorities unless he 
> dedicates the HD tuner to HD channels only.
>
I've actually set my HD Channel Priorities to 2, and this is seemingly 
giving the right results.

As an aside (it might be because) I renamed my BBC One HD channel to BBC 
One.  The other night I looked at Mythweb around the point where it had 
picked an HD channel to record and the BBC One Channel 1 line on Mythweb 
was showing the program as HD.

-- 
Alan Chandler
http://www.chandlerfamily.org.uk