[mythtv-users] Several inputs

[Thomas Mashos]

On Wed, Feb 20, 2013 at 8:55 AM, Phil Bridges <gravityhammer at gmail.com>wrote:

>
> On Wed, Feb 20, 2013 at 11:52 AM, Michael T. Dean <mtdean at thirdcontact.com
> > wrote:
>
>> On 02/20/2013 11:10 AM, Chris Dennis wrote:
>>
>>> On 19/02/13 13:23, Michael T. Dean wrote:
>>>
>>>> ...Note that changing the call sign will make that
>>>> channel "different" for the purposes of "this channel" recording rules.
>>>> However, you probably shouldn't be using "this channel" rules, anyway,
>>>> so...
>>>>
>>>
>>> Why not?
>>>
>>
>> Because if you want to watch a show, you shouldn't care which channel you
>> record it from.  If you're using "this channel" rules, it's almost
>> definitely as a hack rather than specifying what you really want.
>>
>> If you want only the new episodes, use a new episode filter or teach
>> MythTV which old episodes you've seen (by marking them as Never Record).
>>
>> If you want only HDTV episodes, use an HDTV filter.
>>
>> (and so on).
>>
>> If you never want to record off the SDTV version of a channel for which
>> you also have the HDTV version, why even configure the SDTV channel?
>>
>> Mike
>>
>>
> Just to play devil's advocate:
>
> My daughter likes to watch some PBS shows, which show on both PBS HD
> channels, but also show on the SD PBS-Knowledge subchannel.  Often, the HD
> channel versions are in HD, but aren't listed as such.  I don't want to
> record the versions on the known-SD-only channel, but I also don't want to
> not ever watch that channel.  What is the recommended way to record from
> both the HD channels in this scenario?
>
>
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Set a schedule for "anytime anychannel".

Why would you restrict it to only those two channels.

Thanks,

Thomas Mashos
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