[mythtv-users] backend fails to record back to back programs

[Michael T. Dean]

On 05/26/2008 02:54 PM, Corey wrote:
> Thanks for the help Mike.  I did leave LiveTV running all night.  I'll try scheduling several back to back recordings and exit LiveTV.  
>
> I'm assuming this is a known issue I haven't come across in my readings.

Yep.

>   Are there plans to work on it?

If someone wants it fixed, tracking down the issue and submitting a 
patch is probably the best approach.  Few volunteers enjoy spending 
their free time working on features that they don't use (and, for most 
devs, LiveTV is just such a feature).

>   I know some people set up their PVR to record everything and then primarily watch recorded TV.  I did that to some extent with Tivo...until wife and kids filled up the hard drive with Dora cartoons etc...
>   

The difference is that Myth has autoexpire and you can set it to keep 
only the last 2 Dora episodes or whatever...

> The family is accustomed to Tivo allowing us to watch whatever live TV it is recording.   Not sure I can sell them on Myth if they can't leave LiveTV on.

They need to learn to watch TV on their schedule, not the network's 
schedule+up-to-30...  :)

Mike