[mythtv-users] Disable LiveTV for recordings?

[Brad DerManouelian]

On May 14, 2008, at 3:02 PM, Grant Emsley wrote:

> I have my backend, one frontend in the living room, and only 1 tuner.
>
> People like to leave the live tv running, which causes mythtv not to
> record my scheduled recordings.  Or they get a popup, asking if they
> want to cancel my recording.
>
> Is there any way to set it so that the scheduled recordings take
> priority over people watching live tv?

It does now.

> I don't want them to be able to
> cancel my recordings. I want myth to kick them out or change the  
> channel
> on them, and start recording what it was scheduled to.

No, if you tell it to not record and keep watching LiveTV, it will.  
Myth is meant to obey user-intervention, not prevent it.

>
>
> Anyone know if this is possible?

Sounds like you need another tuner. :)

> Thanks,
>
> Grant Emsley
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