[mythtv] Watch Live TV / no encoders

[Andy Davidoff]

Thanks for looking at this,

#if Thor Johnson /* Mar 24, 21:39 */
> I would like to change the screen "Watch Live TV: Out of inputs" 
> to have a list of in-progress recordings that you could switch
> to or cancel.  I'm wondering which is the best way:
> 
> Option 1: When the RequestRecorder fails, ping the database 
>           for candidates and handle accordingly.
> 
>      Pro: No new comm messages
>     Cons: Can't list the status of each recorder

How so?  It seems useful to have backends update a table of status
information in the database.  Any reason not to implement this?

>           Relies on db consistency

Is this a concern?  Why?