[mythtv-users] How to change which tuner record preference

[Bennett Leve]

Michael T. Dean wrote:

> Bennett Leve wrote:
>
>> I have two PVR-350 cards and both are setup using cable in.  If I am 
>> watching a show and I use mytweb or another frontend to start a new 
>> recording of a current show it pops me out of the show I am watching 
>> and takes me to the channel that I want to record.
>>
>> Is there a way to have the recorder prefer the other tuner?
>
>
> No.  If it did, you'd be watching the other tuner.  But there is a way 
> to fix the problem.
>
> Option a) In setup (General Settings):
>
> Avoid conflicts between live TV and scheduled shows.
> If enabled, live TV will choose a tuner card that is less likely to 
> have scheduled recordings rather than the best card available.
>
This was actually checked off.  I wonder if the issue was that I went in 
to start recording something that had already started?   My wife was 
watching one show that she had paused on, and another show started 
playing on the same channel that she did not want to miss.  So I thought 
I could go in and start recording the second show that had already 
started on the same channel and it kicked her out of her paused program 
(she was not happy about this).    My thought was that it know that the 
tuner she was watching live, which will always be the one that displays 
was paused and would have started recording on the second PVR-350.

> Option b) Don't watch LiveTV.  Record everything.  ;)
>
I like this option, too bad she had not set it up to record both shows. 

-Bennett

> Mike
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