[mythtv-users] [mythtv-commits] Ticket #3295: Scheduler schedules recordings on channels it doesn't receive

Michael T. Dean mtdean at thirdcontact.com
Wed Apr 18 22:03:53 UTC 2007


On 04/18/2007 05:22 PM, Michael T. Dean wrote:
> I think the issue you really want to fix is MythTV's current 1:1 mapping 
> between video sources and DataDirect lineups.  Currently, Myth requires 
> that each video source use a different DataDirect lineup.  But, to allow 
> the reuse of DataDirect lineups, the video source must be decoupled from 
> the lineup, which ticket #3299 ( http://svn.mythtv.org/trac/ticket/3299 
> ) does (and, as I read the code, seems to do so correctly--even without 
> breaking "--remove-new-channels" or mythfilldatabase's not adding new 
> channels to digital sources).

Just realized, I should explain something here before a bunch of people 
start modifying their lineups to create a single "grand unified lineup."

The "decoupling of the video source from the lineup" provided by 
#3299--i.e. reusing the same lineup on multiple video sources--should 
/only/ be used by those who can't find /any/ way to create separate 
lineups that contain only the channels appropriate for a specific source.

#3299 does /not/ prevent MythTV from downloading the programming for a 
lineup multiple times.  If a user specifies 3 video sources all using 
the same lineup, the programming information for that lineup will be 
downloaded 3 times--once for each video source.  Therefore, if a user 
consolidates his/her lineups into a single lineup, not only will that 
lineup be downloaded 3 times, but since that lineup now contains /all/ 
the user's channels, it will be larger than the separate lineups.

Mike


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