[mythtv-users] Enabling multirec borks usability a bit.

[Michael T. Dean]

On 04/19/2010 05:04 PM, mugginz wrote:
> Now I've also done this after reading the paragraph ending with
> "So, although you have 3 capture cards and could,
> therefore, tune 3 multiplexes, due to a combination of recording rule
> priorities and your "I love LiveTV"/"I don't want to press NEXTCARD"
> configuration, you've already exhausted the 3 capture cards and are
> wasting one by tuning the same mux that another was using. "
>
> 1. "Avoid conflicts between LiveTV and recordings" is already unchecked.
> 2. Delete all capture cards.
> 3. Add each card, one at a time, each with Max Tuners = 3
> 4. Connect inputs. Each card is now connected to the DigitalTV input.
> 5. Go back through and one by one change each tuners Max Tuners = 4
>
> Now I start the FE, go into setup and enable "Avoid conflicts between LiveTV
> and recordings"
>
> 6. There were no recordings in progress or scheduled to be recorded at this
> stage.
> 7.  Begin watching LiveTV
>
> Now for the recording bit again.
>
> 8. Change to channel 7
> 9. Press 'R' to begin recording it.
> 10. Change to channel 9.
> 11 Press 'R' to begin recording it.
> 12. Press up arrow to go to channel 10 and press enter to make it the current
> channel.  MythTV refuses to change to 10, and instead goes back to channel 9
> and at this point arrow keys only allow selecting channels from the channel 9
> mux.
>    

13. Press whatever key you've bound to NEXTCARD.

Mike