[mythtv-users] I'm obviously missing some detail about scheduling & priorities...

David Engel david at istwok.net
Tue Sep 21 14:47:09 UTC 2010


On Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 09:28:22PM -0700, Douglas Peale wrote:
> short version: does naming channels on different sources the same
> (channel number & call sign) cause the scheduler to think they are
> all the same, ignoring different channel & input proprieties?

Callsigns, yes; the rest, no.

> I have lowered the priority of the OTA stations due to occasional
> reception issues.  There was a recording before and after this
> recording on different channels, but this show was rescheduled to a
> later time, a week away, why?  The cable channels should have gotten

Do you have the "Avoid back to back recordings from different
channels" setting enabled.?

> a priority of zero, but the schedule said the recording priority was
> that of the OTA channels.  Even with the low priority, with 5 tuners
> there could have been no conflict for three shows.

Please provide the relevant backend logs when running with "-v
schedule".

David
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