[mythtv-users] Clashes on same channel

Phill Edwards philledwards at gmail.com
Thu May 12 08:14:53 UTC 2005


> I have configured MythTV using mythfrontend to globally record 60 seconds each
> side of my programs, just to make sure I don't miss the first few seconds of a
> program, which I did see happening sometimes.
> 
> However this seems to cause recording failures when I want to record 2
> consecutive shows on the *same channel*.
> 
> Does anyone have any workarounds for this? Whilst not being a developer myself,
> it seems logical to enhance the scheduler so that it will not fail a recording
> if it is *already* recording the correct channel, albeit for another show.

There was lots of discussion on this late last year and this behaviour
is deliberate and I don't believe there are plans to change it. To be
honest, the best way to solve it is to get a 2nd tuner card. That's
what I did.

Regards,
Phill


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