Sorting data for tuners
Sorting data for tuners
Just curious- I have an ATSC tuner and an NTSC tuner in my Mythtv box. Since they can't use each others channel lineups, I have been using separate subscriptions as a work around. I suppose this means that it will cost me twice as much until this is sorted out in Mythtv. Any thoughts?
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Actually, that's not quite true. I have the same tuner setup as you do and have always had a single subscription, but just supplied two adjacent zip codes, one for the analog stations and the other for the digital stations. But I share your concern and wonder if the new service will support this multiple zip code approach?
This could get really cumbersome if I wanted to add cable or Dish to my OTA setup.
This could get really cumbersome if I wanted to add cable or Dish to my OTA setup.
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This is a concern for me as well. I actually need 3 lineups for all my channels/tuners.
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I'm just curious about when these multiple Z2Labs accounts were needed? I presently have 3 lineups on one Zap2ITLabs account for my MythTV server. I have Analog cable lineup for my SD tuners, Digital Cable linueup for my QAM tuners, and OTA lineup for my OTA HD tuners.
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It was easier for me to separate each lineup into separate accounts. So I could pull the listing I needed for a specific tuner. I would not be opposed to consolidating the lineups if that can be done. The only issue there is (as BigChris said) can it be done with multiple zips?
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I think the big question here is if multiple lineups are supported. In my opinion, this is a "must have" feature.
With the combination of ATSC, Free to Air DVB on the big dish, and our 4DTV subscription...I need four lineups just to cover 90% of the channels received.
With the combination of ATSC, Free to Air DVB on the big dish, and our 4DTV subscription...I need four lineups just to cover 90% of the channels received.
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I'm in sortof the same boat - I *require* at least two zap2it subscriptions because I need 4 lineups to cover my bases: analog cable, digital SD cable through cable box, OTA ATSC, QAM from cable. That last one is the most annoying, since zap2it never had a listing that covered all the bases: it is most (but not all!) of the OTA digital channels, with a few cable-only channels (in digital form) tossed in - I can find the xmlid for all of them - just not available in any single lineup (so I live without).
A really really nice thing would be to allow selection of a completely synthetic lineup, maybe initially populated from the typical ones... Another nice thing would be to fix mythtv so that myth-side lineups need not be 1-to-1 with schedules-direct lineups - it pains me to know that I'm downloading all the major network SD schedule information 4 times.
BTW - none of the above should be construed as criticism of schedulesdirect - you guys appear on track for saving the day!
A really really nice thing would be to allow selection of a completely synthetic lineup, maybe initially populated from the typical ones... Another nice thing would be to fix mythtv so that myth-side lineups need not be 1-to-1 with schedules-direct lineups - it pains me to know that I'm downloading all the major network SD schedule information 4 times.
BTW - none of the above should be construed as criticism of schedulesdirect - you guys appear on track for saving the day!
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I agree that this would be a great option. On my cable system there are a couple of unencrypted channels that don't appear on my cable box. I would really like to be able to add these to my lineup.mik wrote: A really really nice thing would be to allow selection of a completely synthetic lineup, maybe initially populated from the typical ones... Another nice thing would be to fix mythtv so that myth-side lineups need not be 1-to-1 with schedules-direct lineups - it pains me to know that I'm downloading all the major network SD schedule information 4 times.
Mark
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This is the first time I've heard the multi-zip solution. I'll have to give it that a try.
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LIke Z2L, Schedules Direct will allow 4 lineups per account.
The reason folks went to multiple accounts was because Z2L (and DD as a whole), doesn't allow a lineup to be added twice with different channel layouts. The recommended solution there is to do the filtering locally and not via the lineup editor.
This can be accomplished with a future change to the Myth DD client, or through XMLTV which provides for local filtering. (The issue with XMLTV not providing some details has been fixed).
The neighboring zip is a great idea... I just checked, but unfortunately, it doesn't work.
Worst case scenario, is getting multiple (paid) accounts... but I think the XMLTV solution will work. I've posted some tips on how to do it on the Myth-Users list, (heck, it's even in the tv_grab_na_docs) but I think it would be better for someone who knows the Myth setup to post a complete how-to.
Robert
The reason folks went to multiple accounts was because Z2L (and DD as a whole), doesn't allow a lineup to be added twice with different channel layouts. The recommended solution there is to do the filtering locally and not via the lineup editor.
This can be accomplished with a future change to the Myth DD client, or through XMLTV which provides for local filtering. (The issue with XMLTV not providing some details has been fixed).
The neighboring zip is a great idea... I just checked, but unfortunately, it doesn't work.
Worst case scenario, is getting multiple (paid) accounts... but I think the XMLTV solution will work. I've posted some tips on how to do it on the Myth-Users list, (heck, it's even in the tv_grab_na_docs) but I think it would be better for someone who knows the Myth setup to post a complete how-to.
Robert