[mythtv-users] 2 capture cards: want 1 dedicated to live TV, other to recording

[Alex Butcher]

On Tue, 16 Dec 2008, James Miller wrote:

>> If you *really* want to use the one card for *only* LiveTV, then don't
>> tell MythTV about it and launch some other LiveTV-viewing program that
>> uses your other card and ignores the card MythTV is using.
>
> Thanks for your answer, Brad. I actually like this option better than the
> one you mentioned that involves fiddling with card priorities. I was
> actually attempting to do something like this before I sent my query to
> the list. But I have to admit that I'm at a bit of a loss as to how I
> would invoke that other program (both VLC and xine come with Mythbuntu)
> while Myth's frontend is running. Do you have any hints as to how this
> could be done? Or are you suggesting I quit the frontend in order to view
> liveTV, or maybe run a second instance of xorg?

Bind irexec to one of your IR remote buttons and use a script like
mythpowerbutton.sh <http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/User:Cowbutt#.24HOME.2F.mythtv.2Flircrc>

> Thanks,
> James

HTH,
Alex.