How does gb-pvr (and npvr) handle when a sd channel and hd channel both exist?

[rykr]

So if I have channel 2 (sd) and 2.1 (hi-def), how does that work with the channel guide? does gb-pvr merge them and then record from the best source available?

[sub]

In either app you can have them as either separate channels, or merged together. Both will treat merged channels as just another option if it needs to record that channel, and doesnt put and weight on the fact a channel is HD vs SD.

[rykr]

so, that seems a bit strange. clearly I want the hd version if it's available. you are saying that I might not get a hd recording even though my digital tuner is idle?

[martint123]

How can it know if your preferences are recorded quality or filesize? Me, I prefer to watch HD with live TV, but record SD for run of the mill stuff. So I setup the EPG with different names for the SD and HD channels that are identical so I choose which to record.

[sub]

so, that seems a bit strange. clearly I want the hd version if it's available. you are saying that I might not get a hd recording even though my digital tuner is idle?

When its looking for a tuner to make a recording, GBPVR will work its way down the capture source list looking for an available device with requested channel. If you want it to favour your digital tuners, put them at the top of the capture source list.

[hexibot43]

When its looking for a tuner to make a recording, GBPVR will work its way down the capture source list looking for an available device with requested channel. If you want it to favour your digital tuners, put them at the top of the capture source list.

After reading this thread I just double checked my own setup and found my SD tuner is before my HD tuner in the config for capture sources, but invariably the HD tuner is chosen first. I want something of the same here. Both are using the same channel list from scheduledirect, and unfortunately scheduledirect doesn't let you have two different channel lists for the same source. So I've got HD channels listed even for my SD tuner. I wanted to have it chose the SD tuner first for SD channels and only if I chose an HD channel go the HD tuner. And if recording with the SD tuner, and needing an SD from the HD tuner only then going there. Can this be done? It doesn't seem to follow the hierarchy of top to bottom in the capture source list.

[JonnyCam]

just in case you are using it, liveTV starts at the bottom and works it's way up the list.

If you wanted 2 different lineups, one SD, One HD - Isn't there a utility which deumps the schedules direct info to an XML file?
If so, you could take a copy of that xml and post process it to get an HD only listing (with the correct channcel numbers, names) and then you would have both CHAN & CHAN_HD appear in your guide.

You can add duplicate tuners to the top & bottom of your capture sources (just add, setup & use javawiz's DVB channel utility to copy all channel mappings)
This way, the HD tuner will be used for all Recordings & LiveTV unless it's already in use, where the SD tuner will be used.