[mythtv-users] Multirec Feature

Brad DerManouelian myth at dermanouelian.com
Tue Feb 12 17:38:56 UTC 2008


On Feb 12, 2008, at 4:04 AM, Nick F wrote:

> On 2/12/08, Brad DerManouelian <myth at dermanouelian.com> wrote:
> > If I schedule back-to-back recordings on different channels it  
> assigns
> > different physical tuners for each - no problem there as that's  
> what I
> > want. For back-to-back recordings on the same channel it assigns the
> > same virtual (and hence physical) tuner. Again I don't see a problem
> > with that I just expected the same stream to be written to both
> > recording files during the overlap period but this is not happening.
>
> I think it's because you're using soft-padding on your recordings. If
> you use hard padding, it should cause a conflict and assign the second
> recording to another virtual tuner on the same physical tuner and
> you'll get the overlap in both recordings
>
> Soft-padding using the same virtual tuner for the overlap would be  
> better since on some of my DVB channels I need a CAM and only one  
> virtual tuner at a time can use the CAM even if they are on the same  
> multiplex.  Last night I recorded (for my wife!) Grand Designs and  
> Grand Designs (Trade Secrets) which were back to back on the same  
> channel.  They are on a channel (More 4) that requires a CAM so they  
> needed to be on the same virtual tuner.  Grand Designs ran a minute  
> over - and since it was a back-to-back it got cut off.  Wasn't a big  
> problem since the end was at the beginning of the next recording,  
> but my wife likes to save Grand Designs!  Hard padding would have  
> tried to use another virtual tuner and not recorded the following  
> programme since it also needs the CAM.
>
> Hope doesn't write patches, and unfortunately neither can I.  I  
> guess Hope and I have a lot in common.

I was trying to say (in my sarcastic way) that multirec will continue  
to include more features as time goes on. On the dev list I remember  
seeing that the HDHomeRun is likely to be the next supported tuner. As  
soon as a developer has time and a need for it, I'm sure it will make  
its way to analog tuners. Since you are using a version with multirec  
in it, I'm sure you saw these same messages on the dev list. :)

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