Duplicate capture source or master and slaves

[Elmo Putney]

With 4 DVB-t sources all with the same RF feed I would like to be able to setup a single tuner then hit a duplicate buton to copy the channel mapping settings to other capture sources....

or

Have a master tuner with other tuners assigned as slaves that always take the masters mappings.

[ACTCMS]

I've got 4xNova-t 500s (so eight tuners). I use one of the tuners to create a master scan-1.cache file and duplicate it around my other tuners. I still have to go through the map epg... but, but I don't actually need to run the 6 minute scan on each tuner.

The danger with this method and what you are proposing is that if you have a dodgy co-ax connection to one of your tuners, or even a slightly less sensitive tuner, you may get duff recordings if the recordingservice decides to record (or watch live TV) using a tuner that can't actually lock on that channel.

[mcdonst1]

Scanning isn't nearly as big a time suck as the manual mapping of each channel. With over 100 channels this is both time consuming and full of opportunity to make mistakes.

I have 2xHVR1250s, both connected to Cable QAM. I just configured HVR1250-0 and it took 2 full hours. I am dreading configuring HVR1250-1.

If I could at least dump the map from HVR1250-0, that would save a TON of time.

Thanks!

[bgowland]

I've never tried it and I'm not sure if it will work with your card, but you could look at the WizBdaChannelTool on this page...

http://gbpvr.com/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Utility/WizUtilities

Make sure you backup your gbpvr.db3 database file first.

Cheers,
Brian

[mcdonst1]

Thanks for pointing me in the right direction. I'll give these a shot tonight and let you know how it goes...

[mcdonst1]

Update - WizBdaChannelTool was exactly what I needed. Worked perfectly. Thanks for the tip!