[mythtv] [PATCH] Cancel a recording when no free recorder for live tv

Isaac Richards ijr at case.edu
Fri Jan 21 17:27:14 EST 2005


On Friday 21 January 2005 05:12 pm, Kyle Rose wrote:
> >> > If you have more than one tuner, and all are being used for recording
> >> > (or live tv elsewhere), how does it pick which recording to
> >> > automatically take you to?
> >>
> >> It arbitrarily chooses the first tuner today; it could choose the
> >> first tuner's recording under this system.
> >
> > Myth doesn't arbitrarily choose anything.  In this situation, it makes
> > the user go to the playback screen and decide for themselves.
>
> False.  On my system, when I choose "live TV", MythTV takes me to the
> first tuner card that isn't already recording something (or playing
> live TV elsewhere).  I call this choice "arbitrary."

We're discussing what happens when all tuners are in use.  See the subject 
line of the email?

Isaac


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