[mythtv-users] Several inputs

[Phil Bridges]

On Thu, Feb 21, 2013 at 11:36 AM, David Engel <david at istwok.net> wrote:

> On Thu, Feb 21, 2013 at 11:12:11AM -0500, Phil Bridges wrote:
> > On Feb 20, 2013 5:29 PM, "David Engel" <david at istwok.net> wrote:
> > > On Wed, Feb 20, 2013 at 02:06:25PM -0500, Phil Bridges wrote:
> > > > On Wed, Feb 20, 2013 at 1:13 PM, Michael T. Dean <
> > mtdean at thirdcontact.com>wrote:
> > > > > Channel priorities wouldn't be ideal because they'd affect how
> every
> > show
> > > > > that airs on the channel compares to other shows on other channels,
> > and
> > > > > could cause you to miss shows you want while recording shows you
> care
> > less
> > > > > about.  (Well, that's true until 0.27(? I think it's going to be in
> > the
> > > > > next version), when channel priorities become what users actually
> > think
> > > > > they are.)
> > > > >
> > > > Yup - that's what I've had to do.  Unfortunately, that means that I
> > have to
> > > > also manage two groups of max recordings, but that's no big deal.
> > > >
> > > > Channel priorities still wouldn't help, because the SD subchannel
> runs
> > > > programs at different times (and more frequently) than the HD
> channels.
> > >
> > > Channel priorities are the right solution for your problem.  AFAIC,
> > > this is the primary use for channel priorities.  Give the HD channel a
> > > higher priority and Myth will only record from the SD channel when it
> > > has to.
> > >
> > > David
> >
> > Unfortunately, the SD-only subchannel doesn't run concurrent programming
> to
> > the other PBS stations.  If it did, I would just hide it.  I presume it
> > would record an episode of "Sid the Science Kid" that showed up on the
> > subchannel and didn't show up in the next two weeks on the HD channels no
> > matter the channel priority.  Is this correct?
>
> Ah, I didn't read the beginning of this thread closely enough.  Sorry.
> What you want is to exclude one channel for a specfic recording rule.
> You have to use a custom recording rule for that.  You're in luck
> since there's already an example of how to do that.  See the "Exclude
> one station" example in the custom rule editor.
>
> David
>

Ah- thanks!  I hadn't seen that.  I'll have to give it a whirl.
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