[mythtv-users] LiveTV conflicts with scheduled recording - despite unused tuners on the same box!
Jarod Wilson
jarod at wilsonet.com
Thu Jul 2 06:17:46 UTC 2009
On Thursday 02 July 2009 02:11:49 David Brodbeck wrote:
> Michael T. Dean wrote:
> > And, as for sports, schedule them to record, too. /If/ you happen to
> > be home when the game starts /and/ you happen to have all your snacks
> > ready to go and all your friends showed up on time and ..., then go
> > ahead and watch it as it records.
> That works until the game enters extra innings. Then you get to miss
> the ending, unless you use LiveTV. (Unless there's a way to extend a
> recording "on the fly" that I don't know about.)
There is.
> > ...and, even though I have 4 free inputs--I can't be bothered to exit
> > LiveTV and re-enter it...
> What I wonder is why Myth isn't smart enough, if an input is in use, to
> check whether the same channel is available on another input instead of
> forcing the user to bail out. This could be useful in other situations,
> too -- e.g., if the input fails to gain a lock, or if the channel change
> script fails, it'd be nice to have the recording "fail over" to another
> input.
That would probably be more optimal. As they say, "patches welcome!" ;)
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Jarod Wilson
jarod at wilsonet.com
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