[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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