Thanks to HD work taking place on the PHX market over the next few weeks on the ABC channel, their HD OTA is offair. However, Myth tries to record it anyway, and I end up with empty recordings.
What I'd LIKE to have happen, is for the recording to fail, and fail over to the non-HD tuners I have. So here's the question: How do I make a channel temporarily unavailable for scheduled recordings, without having to delete it completely from the database? I have a pile of things that are tied to that channel so I'd rather not kill it completely. As a note, unmarking "visible" only removes it from the channel list, but "scheduled recordings" still shows the tuner in use. 2nd note: For most recordings, I already have (2) entries, one with a -10 priority on a NON-HD Tuner, and one with a 10 priority on an HD tuner. Because the HD tuner tries, it never "fails over" to the other entry. Any ideas?? (I'm including the article for others who might be in the PHX area, and have been pulling their hair out, like I have been, as to why ABC has been so "flakey" lately.) ------------------------------------------- QUOTE ------------------------------------------ http://www.abc15.com/news/index.asp?did=19175 ABC15 to upgrade the Digital / High Definition Broadcast Signal Friday June 10, 2005: ABC15, the leader in High Definition programming, is pleased to announce a significant upgrade in the "over the air" Digital / High Definition services in the Phoenix metropolitan area. These installations will double the digital / high definition signal output power while creating a dual backup system to significantly avoid outages. The DTV / HD broadcast transmitter installation will be begin Friday, June 10, 2005 and will last over the next few weeks. Unfortunately, during this installation period the DTV / High Definition signal will not unavailable. Due to the nature of this installation the exact return date also is unavailable; however ABC15 has put full resources behind this effort to complete the upgrades as quickly as possible. In order to make these major state of the art upgrades, ABC15 must remove most of the existing transmission path, add new components to the current system and then complete a reinstallation of all the equipment. Before the system can return to the air, it must also receive proof of performance testing and meet Federal guidelines. This overall process is expected to take several weeks. ABC15 realizes this will cause DT / HD outages during some of the ABC television network NBA Finals coverage. We apologize in advance for the outage during such an important sporting event, as we are required to complete the installation at this time. ABC15 is committed to providing the highest quality digital / high definition signal available to Arizona's television viewers. Again, we sincerely apologize for this inconvenience and look forward to restoring the digital / HD service as soon as possible. The E.W. Scripps Company is a diverse media concern with interests in national lifestyle television networks, newspaper publishing, broadcast television, television retailing, interactive media and licensing and syndication. All of the company's media businesses provide content and advertising services via the Internet. _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list [email protected] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
