[mythtv-users] Why isn't LiveTV as smart as a regular recording?

[Nick Rout]

On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 11:46 AM, Robert Johnston <anaerin at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 17/11/2008 3:01 PM, Ronald Frazier wrote:
>> Yeah, but the issue is (at least the last time I looked into multirec)
>> that it is only supported on the DVB cards, which aren't what we use
>> here in the US. I'm not aware of any multi-rec enabled tuners that
>> function with either US digital broadcasts or US cable broadcast.
>> There was talk of enabling it on the HDHomeRun, but I haven't heard of
>> anyone getting that done yet.
>
> Except that, as far as Myth and Linux are concerned, QAM or ATSC cards
> appear as DVB(-style) devices, so what is true for DVB is also true for
> ATSC and Clear-QAM. There may not be as many transponders (stations)
> sharing a multiplex (frequency) as DVB has, but it does work in the
> same, essential, way.

Just to get right back on to the origivnal problem, I am using
multirec, DVB-S, 2 cards each as 4 virtual tuners.

I can browse LiveTV across muxes [1], as well as change to a channel
on another mux by using the channel number from the remote [2].

I am using mythbuntu 8.04 with whatever version of myth (0.21 I think)
was on the mythbuntu CD - ie I haven't updated since April.

Is my system just weird, or am I misreading the whole problem that
Jelle is referring to? Am I able to do this because nothing else is
recording - ie LiveTV is the only thing using any tuner.

[1] ie use the up/down button to browse through the channels and then
use OK to switch to that channel.

[2] ie simply press 5 0 on the remote to switch to channel 50