[mythtv-users] How do I choose which input livetv starts with?

[Mike Perkins]

Nick Morrott wrote:
> On 17/07/07, Billy Macdonald <billymacdonald at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> MythTV starts a scheduled recording on the Foxtel.
>> A user sits down to watch TV and changes the channel on the Foxtel.
>> Latter, someone goes to watch the recording and midway through the
>> channel changes.
> 
> Then there's the 'mythbackend is restarted whilst SOs are watching
> regular TV' fun. The backend executes the channel change startup
> script on startup (for which reason I've never been sure as it's
> re-executed for LiveTV and recordings) thus ruining the current
> program they are watching. I've asked in the past about this behaviour
> but never had a clear answer.
> 
A possible solution might be if myth made available a signal that the 
particular box was in use. For example, for a serial IR blaster, toggle 
a spare output signal that could be used to light up a LED, indicating 
the box was busy and for any user to leave the channel changer alone. If 
the LED is out, the box is free - although this still leaves the problem 
of what happens when an upcoming recording kicks in - perhaps flash the 
LED for the five minutes beforehand?

Alternatively, just hide the remote for that box ;)

Mike Perkins