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How To Configure Channel Priorities
I am using MythTV 0.28.  I would like to change the recording priority
for one of my channels.

For example, I have two different channels with the same call sign, and
I would like to raise the priority on one of them to prefer using it
instead of the other channel.

I looked at the wiki
(https://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Scheduling_Recordings), but when I go to
the Recording Priorities->Channel Priorities configuration, it does not
show the associated channel numbers, only the call sign.  I cannot tell
one channel from another.

Is there some mysql query that I can use to manually configure this?

Jay


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Re: How To Configure Channel Priorities [ In reply to ]
On Tue, 26 May 2020 15:55:46 -0700, you wrote:

>I am using MythTV 0.28.? I would like to change the recording priority
>for one of my channels.
>
>For example, I have two different channels with the same call sign, and
>I would like to raise the priority on one of them to prefer using it
>instead of the other channel.
>
>I looked at the wiki
>(https://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Scheduling_Recordings), but when I go to
>the Recording Priorities->Channel Priorities configuration, it does not
>show the associated channel numbers, only the call sign.? I cannot tell
>one channel from another.
>
>Is there some mysql query that I can use to manually configure this?
>
>Jay

You certainly could set the individual channel priorities using SQL
commands, but there is no need as they are available in the
mythtv-setup GUI. You can adjust them without shutting down
mythbackend. On Ubuntu, where mythtv-setup is a script that runs
mythtv-setup.real, go to a command prompt running as your frontend
user and run mythtv-setup.real. When mythtv-setup.real asks to stop
mythbackend, tell it no. Then on v30 I would do this:

6. Channel Editor > select the channel you want > Enter > Channel
Options - Common > Scroll down to Priority (it is off the bottom of
the screen)

In 0.28 it will be a little different, but you can select the
individual channels by number and the Priority setting should be
there.
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Re: How To Configure Channel Priorities [ In reply to ]
> On Tue, 26 May 2020 15:55:46 -0700, you wrote:
>
> >I am using MythTV 0.28. I would like to change the recording priority
> >for one of my channels.
> >
> >For example, I have two different channels with the same call sign, and
> >I would like to raise the priority on one of them to prefer using it
> >instead of the other channel.
> >
> >I looked at the wiki
> >(https://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Scheduling_Recordings), but when I go to
> >the Recording Priorities->Channel Priorities configuration, it does not
> >show the associated channel numbers, only the call sign. I cannot tell
> >one channel from another.
> >
> >Is there some mysql query that I can use to manually configure this?
> >
> >Jay
>

Try a different theme. Steppes, for example, shows the channel numbers.

John
Re: How To Configure Channel Priorities [ In reply to ]
On 5/26/20 8:17 PM, Stephen Worthington wrote:
> On Tue, 26 May 2020 15:55:46 -0700, you wrote:
>
>> I am using MythTV 0.28.  I would like to change the recording priority
>> for one of my channels.
>>
>> For example, I have two different channels with the same call sign, and
>> I would like to raise the priority on one of them to prefer using it
>> instead of the other channel.
>>
>> I looked at the wiki
>> (https://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Scheduling_Recordings), but when I go to
>> the Recording Priorities->Channel Priorities configuration, it does not
>> show the associated channel numbers, only the call sign.  I cannot tell
>> one channel from another.
>>
>> Is there some mysql query that I can use to manually configure this?
>>
>> Jay
>
> You certainly could set the individual channel priorities using SQL
> commands, but there is no need as they are available in the
> mythtv-setup GUI. You can adjust them without shutting down
> mythbackend. On Ubuntu, where mythtv-setup is a script that runs
> mythtv-setup.real, go to a command prompt running as your frontend
> user and run mythtv-setup.real. When mythtv-setup.real asks to stop
> mythbackend, tell it no. Then on v30 I would do this:
>
> 6. Channel Editor > select the channel you want > Enter > Channel
> Options - Common > Scroll down to Priority (it is off the bottom of
> the screen)
>
> In 0.28 it will be a little different, but you can select the
> individual channels by number and the Priority setting should be
> there.
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Thanks, This method seemed to work. I ended up using the MythTV
Backend Setup to do this and I needed to stop the backend and restart it
to get it to reschedule using the changed channel priority.
Jay
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Re: How To Configure Channel Priorities [ In reply to ]
On Wed, 27 May 2020 06:11:54 -0700, you wrote:

>On 5/26/20 8:17 PM, Stephen Worthington wrote:
>> On Tue, 26 May 2020 15:55:46 -0700, you wrote:
>>
>>> I am using MythTV 0.28.? I would like to change the recording priority
>>> for one of my channels.
>>>
>>> For example, I have two different channels with the same call sign, and
>>> I would like to raise the priority on one of them to prefer using it
>>> instead of the other channel.
>>>
>>> I looked at the wiki
>>> (https://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Scheduling_Recordings), but when I go to
>>> the Recording Priorities->Channel Priorities configuration, it does not
>>> show the associated channel numbers, only the call sign.? I cannot tell
>>> one channel from another.
>>>
>>> Is there some mysql query that I can use to manually configure this?
>>>
>>> Jay
>>
>> You certainly could set the individual channel priorities using SQL
>> commands, but there is no need as they are available in the
>> mythtv-setup GUI. You can adjust them without shutting down
>> mythbackend. On Ubuntu, where mythtv-setup is a script that runs
>> mythtv-setup.real, go to a command prompt running as your frontend
>> user and run mythtv-setup.real. When mythtv-setup.real asks to stop
>> mythbackend, tell it no. Then on v30 I would do this:
>>
>> 6. Channel Editor > select the channel you want > Enter > Channel
>> Options - Common > Scroll down to Priority (it is off the bottom of
>> the screen)
>>
>> In 0.28 it will be a little different, but you can select the
>> individual channels by number and the Priority setting should be
>> there.
>>
>Thanks, This method seemed to work. I ended up using the MythTV
>Backend Setup to do this and I needed to stop the backend and restart it
>to get it to reschedule using the changed channel priority.
>Jay

Getting the scheduler to run again is easy:

mythtutil --resched
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Re: How To Configure Channel Priorities [ In reply to ]
I've been using mysql CLI for years so I prefer it.  Here's how I do it
(I have no root password set on the database).  Disclaimer (like the
Windows registry warning):  you could really mess things up if you make
a mistake so backup the database first.

mysql -u root mythconverg

describe channel;   (shows all fields available in channel table)

The fields I like to use are listed with the following command. It gives
me a concise comparison of all channels for callsign KCPQ:

select chanid,channum,freqid,sourceid,callsign,name,xmltvid,recpriority
from channel where callsign like "%KCPQ%" order by convert(channum,integer);

Then, to set a priority:

update channel set recpriority=5 where chanid=6131;

I like to use chanid since the channum is a string and can be 13-1 or
13.1 or anything you or the grabber set it to.

exit;  (exit the mysql cli)

There is also an interface via mythweb, but I'm not very familiar with it.

Dave D.


On 5/27/20 7:02 AM, Stephen Worthington wrote:
> On Wed, 27 May 2020 06:11:54 -0700, you wrote:
>
>> On 5/26/20 8:17 PM, Stephen Worthington wrote:
>>> On Tue, 26 May 2020 15:55:46 -0700, you wrote:
>>>
>>>> I am using MythTV 0.28.  I would like to change the recording priority
>>>> for one of my channels.
>>>>
>>>> For example, I have two different channels with the same call sign, and
>>>> I would like to raise the priority on one of them to prefer using it
>>>> instead of the other channel.
>>>>
>>>> I looked at the wiki
>>>> (https://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Scheduling_Recordings), but when I go to
>>>> the Recording Priorities->Channel Priorities configuration, it does not
>>>> show the associated channel numbers, only the call sign.  I cannot tell
>>>> one channel from another.
>>>>
>>>> Is there some mysql query that I can use to manually configure this?
>>>>
>>>> Jay
>>> You certainly could set the individual channel priorities using SQL
>>> commands, but there is no need as they are available in the
>>> mythtv-setup GUI. You can adjust them without shutting down
>>> mythbackend. On Ubuntu, where mythtv-setup is a script that runs
>>> mythtv-setup.real, go to a command prompt running as your frontend
>>> user and run mythtv-setup.real. When mythtv-setup.real asks to stop
>>> mythbackend, tell it no. Then on v30 I would do this:
>>>
>>> 6. Channel Editor > select the channel you want > Enter > Channel
>>> Options - Common > Scroll down to Priority (it is off the bottom of
>>> the screen)
>>>
>>> In 0.28 it will be a little different, but you can select the
>>> individual channels by number and the Priority setting should be
>>> there.
>>>
>> Thanks, This method seemed to work. I ended up using the MythTV
>> Backend Setup to do this and I needed to stop the backend and restart it
>> to get it to reschedule using the changed channel priority.
>> Jay
> Getting the scheduler to run again is easy:
>
> mythtutil --resched
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