[mythtv] Unable to change to a different major channel group while recording digital TV

[Jean-Yves Avenard]

Hi

On 01/03/2009, at 11:16 AM, doug at mobile-intelligence.com wrote:

> I am running stock MythTV (mythtv-0.21-201.fc10.x86_64) on Fedora 10.
> The unit has two pcHDTV HD-5500 cards installed and is receiving over
> the air digital TV in the US.
>
> Both cards work fine.  I can record two shows at once without  
> problems.
> If the unit is not recording anything, "Watch TV" works fine.  I can
> change channels without any problems.
>
> However, if the unit is recording one show, "Watch TV" is tied to the
> major channel that is being recorded and cannot be changed off of it.
> For example, if it is recording channel 7_2, I can only get to channel
> 7_1 or 7_2, and nothing else.
>
> But, if I go into the program guide and set a second program to  
> record,
> it does record.  And, if I then go into the media area I can watch the
> second program while it is recording.
>
> What is wrong?  This is extremely annoying.
>
> Is this fixed in 0.22?  I see that 0.22-200_trunk_r19631 is available
> from atrpms-bleeding.
>
> Doug
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Disable multirec or manually change tuner in the live tv menu.

Alternatively compile the patches allowing to change channels across  
tuners.

Jean-Yves