[mythtv-users] Why isn't LiveTV as smart as a regular recording?
Jelle De Loecker
skerit at kipdola.com
Wed Nov 12 23:19:51 UTC 2008
Op woensdag 12-11-2008 om 22:45 uur [tijdzone +0000], schreef Nick
Morrott:
> On 12/11/2008, Jelle De Loecker <skerit at kipdola.com> wrote:
> > Op woensdag 12-11-2008 om 13:58 uur [tijdzone -0800], schreef David C.
> > Uhrig:
> >
> > > On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 1:52 PM, Kevin Kuphal <kkuphal at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > > I must be missing something. You're upset because LiveTV starts on a
> > > > channel you're not expecting? Because if I want to watch something live, I
> > > > start LiveTV, hit Menu, go to Guide, pick what I want to watch and it tunes
> > > > it just fine.
> > > >
> > > > Kevin
> > >
> > > I'm not exactly seeing the problem either. Every time I've watched
> > > LiveTV, MythTV defaults to an open tuner. If all tuners are in use, it
> > > asks me if I want to watch one of the show that I'm recording. Also
> > > when on LiveTV, I can switch to other tuners that are not recording
> > > from the Menu, and if the tuner I'm watching LiveTV on is getting
> > > ready to record something, MythTV prompts me to ask if I want to
> > > record it or keep watching what I already had on.
> > >
> > > Is LiveTV sending you to a tuner that is currently recording or one
> > > that is not recording? Are you asking that LiveTV send you to the
> > > available tuner that has the longest "down time" until the next
> > > scheduled recording?
> > >
> > > -David C. Uhrig
> >
> >
> > Yes but what kind of tuner do you have?
> > Are you using virtual tuners, multirec?
>
> I'm thinking this issue affects mostly European and Australasian users
> who use DVB-T/S and can benefit from multirec?
Indeed.
It's good to realise this, now we know what the most likely problem is:
it doesn't hold multirec into account.
So it sees an available tuner and goes for it, no matter what *real*
capture device is behind it.
Can we not consider this a feature request but a bug from this time on?
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