No, but you could set Tags == HDTV on the advanced pass to ignore non-HD.
Gotcha. I suppose I could "hide" the non-HD channels as well if I so choose. That makes them invisible to the DVR right?
Correct.
Cool - thanks
I suppose another way of doing it would be to create a Series Pass specified to a particular channel. Then clone that rule, and modify it to point to the other channel. Since Channels will only record one copy of the episode, it will record whichever channel airs the next episode first.
@tmm1 Is that what I need to do regarding this? My CBS is ATSC 3.0 and currently doesn't work. I am lucky enough to have a secondary market for CBS, FOX and ABC. Because with football, this could be CBS, NBC, FOX and ESPN? My main concern is CBS at the moment.
I realize you guys have to work around a ton of patents with these options.
Can't you disable the ATSC 3.0 CBS channel number in Channels DVR so it won't try recording from it?
Since I have two CBS channels, I'd prefer to select one and keep both if possible. I want to be able to play with ATSC 3.0 as the firmware updates are released.
If you favorite the ATSC 1.0 CBS channel it should be preferred for recording from.
I can give that a shot. I have favorites on both tuners but that's easy to switch.
If you have two HDHR's you would need to put your ATSC 1.0 HDHR as top priority.
I thought you meant you only had the Quatro 4k, but two CBS stations on different channels.
See https://getchannels.com/docs/getting-started/faqs/channels-plus/#how-does-the-dvr-pick-which-tuner-to-use-to-make-a-recording
I have 2 different markets. The ASTC 3.0 tuner is the same one that picks up the second market 50 miles away. I recorded the show bull tonight to test and it selected the distant 1.0 CBS so so far so good. Hope the same happens for football. Thanks for the tip.
EDIT season premiere of Blue Bloods recorded ATSC 3.0 stream that doesn't work. Perfect.
You can disable it at the DVR but enable it at the client.
If you disable it in the Channels DVR Server web UI, it disables it on the HD HomeRun also.
Wish they would change that behavior. Does the same with Favorites.
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I have it disable at the DVR and works fine at the client. No guide, streams fine.
Totally agree Channels DVR should not control the HDHomerun Web Page. First time startup it should get channel status from web page after that it should work Independently.
So are you saying you disabled a channel# on the Channels DVR and the Channels Client can still tune and view Live?
Maybe the Channels Client is connecting directly to the HDHR device to view. But I thought if the HDHR channel was disabled, a client couldn't tune & view it?
If it's disabled on the server, the client won't receive guide data. But as long as it's enabled on the client, it can tune the channel.
Thanks, didn't realize that.
How do I manually tune a channel number on my Channels iOS client? I haven't been able to locate the Channels iOS client user guide.
Enable the channel in Settings > Manage Sources. Then the channel will appear in the guide, but won't have any guide info. It'll just show a single "program" with the channel's call sign in the grid.