I currently have Channels DVR setup with YTTV and Philo as TVE sources, and then 2 x HDHRs. I am planning to drop YTTV. What is the easiest way to temporarily drop that source so that I can see what we have left in the guide, up now, etc. I see a "disable source" in the Apple TV settings. I don't see that on the web UI for the DVR. All I see there is the edit and ability to delete the source and/or hide channels. I don't really want to go through all of that. What happens to all my passes if I remove a source. The Guide data I assume would go away if the source goes away, so will the passes remain? I may drop a source for a few months and then bring it back for a few months. Looking for the best experience.
Passes remain. They will record using a different source, as long as the channel number has not been specified. (However, if you have multiple TVE sources, this won't matter much, as they all share the same numbering scheme.)
Disabling a source in a client app hides it in that client. It will still be available to other clients, as well as still being available for recording.
If you wish to see what it would look like, just delete the TVE source, then restart the DVR server. (You can always re-add it.) The restarting is to ensure that the server re-assesses rules to take into consideration the now removed source.
Thanks for the quick reply. If I delete the source though, won't it lose all the favorites selection, channel order, etc.? I think I can emulate what I want by just disabling it in the client.
However thinking ahead to when I delete a source... if I do nothing, then Channels DVR will probably just error out on every scheduled recording in the schedule, which would be messy because I have a lot of them. The recordings I have from those sources I assume will not lose any of their information that originally came from the Guide? What about the Channel indicator for where it was recorded. If I delete the source and then later re-ad it, assuming the channel line up is the same, will that relationship come back?
Yes, you will lose the source's favorite/disabled list. Favorite order is stored on the client, but I believe that will be removed, too.
For recordings: previous recordings maintain their information. The channel name, number and logo remain. I have a slew of recordings made from some previous OTA and cable channels that I can no longer access, and their information is intact.
If you lose access to a channel that a pass would normally record from (say, Forged in Fire on History) but you lose access to that channel, previous recordings remain as normal. New episodes will not record, as there is no longer a source for the program. But if you add in a source that carries the program (such as re-add a TVE source that includes A+E Networks after removing History from your cable subscription), then new episodes will again start recording. Recording passes and rules are separate from sources.
Thanks, that is what I was looking to understand better. I'm going to just disable them on the client for a few days to get my wife familiar with what we'd have, and then remove them when we kill off YTTV. If we add it back, I'll have to suck it up and redo favorites and channel order on each client. Hopefully by then they'll have the ability to save/sync those settings to the server.
If you want to disable a TVE source temporarily but keep your favorites, just disable the individual channels in the TVE source on the Channels DVR.
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Ugh, don't try that. Doesn't work like you think it would.
Even though Channels has favorites(hearts) and disabled(red-slashed circle) selections in separate columns, it doesn't work that way.
It works the same as the HDHR channel selector.
If you disable a channel in Channels DVR it also removes it as a favorite.