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

[Michael T. Dean]

On 12/17/2008 10:52 AM, James Miller wrote:
> Jon Bishop wrote:
>   
>> I think you may have added the higher quality card after the lesser one. 
>>     

Yep, "Avoid conflicts between LiveTV and recordings" only looks at input 
ID, /not/ priority (and, IIRC, not even whether the input is local).

>> As I mentioned, I always forget about the order you add them in setup, 
>> as it's just second nature for me to put the most important card first 
>> and so on.
>>     
> Yes, I did set up the better card after I set up the lesser card. I 
> suppose that I should delete all capture cards, then re-add them in 
> reverse order,

http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/264034#264034 (see, 
there's a real reason that I post links to this every couple of days :)  
You'll need to do the capture card portion (but don't need to do the 
video source portion--though doing both doesn't hurt and may be 
beneficial in the future if your video source ID's aren't contiguous and 
starting with 1).

>  in order to make the system work in accord with your 
> recommendations about setting card priorities?

Though, really, you probably don't need to (or want to) set input 
priorities--you're better off just defining them in order and enabling 
"Avoid conflicts".

As I mentioned before, setting input priorities may cause your system to 
not record shows you want it to record...  Read section 12.6 of the 
HOWTO for details.

Mike