[mythtv-users] Does multirec actually work ?

[Jean-Yves Avenard]

Hi

2009/2/6 James Stembridge <jstembridge at gmail.com>:
> 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.

I thought about it a bit more while trying to fall asleep last night.

I think I understand where the problem come from.

I have 3 DVB-T cards, I created them allowing 2 recordings on each.
MythTV then creates 6 encoders.

Encoder 1 and 2: card 1
Encoder 3 and 4: card 2
Encoder 5 and 6: card 3

Say I start watching LiveTV ; myth uses encoder 1. Start recording
Exit LiveTV go back into livetv.
myth uses the next available free encoder : encoder 2

Problem is that next free encoder can only tune to a channel on the
same multiplex.

That's where the problem lies: it shouldn't have used encoder 2 but
encoder 3 ; or the information that say channel X is not available on
encoder 2 needs to be available somewhere for the new feature allowing
to browse across all encoders to pick the right tuner...
Would be great is someone could test with trunk and see if the
behaviour is the same ; I expect that it is

Hope that makes sense

I don't know that mythtv code enough to know precisely what is going on...


Jean-Yves