[mythtv-users] Re: Consecutive programs, dual tuners

[Colin Humphreys]

Max Barry wrote:
>> 1. When a card starts recording, switch the default card to the other 
>> one so
>> that when the next recording starts (anytime), it uses the other card.
> 
> Sorry to grave-dig this thread, but I've just submitted a patch to 
> implement (more or less) solution #1:
> 
> http://cvs.mythtv.org/trac/ticket/255
> 
> As an Aussie, this has been by far my biggest irk with MythTV. With this 
> patch, Myth will schedule one of the consecutive programs to a free 
> tuner, if by doing so it will be able to honour the global 
> under/overrecord setting and not disrupt anything else.

I just got around to having a play with this, and it seems to work great!

I bought a second tuner a few weeks ago, discovered this problem,  saw 
the original email thread and was about to jump into the code, but you 
got there first!

-Colin