[mythtv-users] Overlapping recordings on SAME channel w/ one

Jeff Evans jeffe at tricab.com
Fri Mar 26 01:28:54 UTC 2010


>> Totally crazy idea but what if you had a second capture card
>> attached to the cable box (via a video splitter or from another
>> output on the box) and then scheduled the recordings with
>> overlap so that they would have to "hand-off" to the second
>> capture card to begin recording the next show.
>
> Ha! Wow what an awesome hack :-)
>
> To take it a bit further, if you want to avoid the OSD being
> displayed between programs: make the second tuner have no ability
> to tune (call out to an external script perhaps /bin/true) and
> decrease its priority so it doesn't get used unless there's an
> overlap. Be sure nothing else gets recorded on that tuner though
> - perhaps have a cron job to email you if something pops up on it
> with an unexpected title :-)

Yeah, I do like the idea...
Problem is: Won't the scheduler now try and record two channels
simultaneously from my STB, rather than a later showing... even if the
priority is lower on the second card?

How to ensure the card ONLY gets used for overlaps?

Kudos for the creative lateral thinking!

Jeff.




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