[mythtv-users] How to use 2 tuners in mythfrontend in a convenient way

[Allen Edwards]

On Wed, Apr 15, 2009 at 12:04 PM, Tino Keitel <tino.keitel at gmx.de> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I tried to use 2 tuners (2 DVB-T receivers) for LiveTV. I started
> LiveTV on the tuner 1.  First, switching to tuner 2 using the C key
> didn't work.  I entered the EPG during LiveTV and pressed "R" on a
> different channel, which caused the backend to start a recording on
> tuner 2, so I saw that tuner 2 was working.
>
> Then I started a second frontend and started LiveTV, but only the
> channles on the same multiplex were available (multirec), so tuner 2
> still wasn't used.  The C key still didn't work.  Then I got a hint
> that the menu in LiveTV has an input menu, which was able to switch to
> the second tuner, so I saw that LiveTV can actually use tuner 2, but it
> has to be told to to so.
>
> Can I get mythfrontend to always use a _free_ tuner by default? If yes,
> how?  I don't want to mess around with inputs everytime I start a
> frontend.
>
> Regards,
> Tino
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Have you tried setting the switch to always use a tuner that avoids
conflicts for live TV?  I don't remember what it is called and am not
at the myth box right now.

Allen