[mythtv-users] Why does scheduled recording steal myPVRcardthat's in use?

[Ed Wildgoose]

> Ahh that makes sense since you have two different quality capture cards.
I
> was wondering why you'd want it that way.  Since I have a 250 and a 350 it
> really makes no difference to me which card it records on so I'd prefer it
> just grab the un-used card.

The other reason you want it to grab a free card is in case you are half way
through a film (livetv), hit pause, go to answer the door, and come back to
find that it has ditched the contents of the ring buffer and you just missed
the end of the film....