[mythtv-users] Does multirec actually work ?

Mike Perkins mikep at randomtraveller.org.uk
Thu Feb 5 18:38:59 UTC 2009


Simon Hobson wrote:
> Mike Perkins wrote:
> 
>>> Without switching tuners how could you view a channel on a different
>>> multiplex? Live tv unfortunately won't switch tuners to give you the
>>> channel you want.
>>>
>> Freeview in the UK uses 6 multiplexes, all of which are accessable to 
>> the same tuner. No need to switch tuners to get another multiplex, 
>> usually.
>>
>> However, I don't run multirec, so I don't know if that's introduced 
>> different behaviour.
> 
> You miss the point, once a tuner is in use for a recording (which was 
> the key bit mentioned by the OP), then you cannot switch multiplex. So 
> using that tuner, the only channels you can watch are those on the same 
> multiplex as the channel(s) being recorded.
> 
No, you didn't see what I wrote. If I use a tuner for LiveTV, then later that 
tuner gets used for a recording, the next time I want LiveTV, I get assigned a 
different tuner, because the original is busy.

As I said, I don't do multirec. It's possible that in that case, you get 
assigned to another virtual tuner on the same card, and then of course you are 
going to get locked into the same multiplex.  Devs: is this by design? Why not 
choose a different card as before? Or is it not possible to tell the difference, 
when you are using multirec?

-- 

Mike Perkins



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