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

Douglas Peale Douglas_Peale at comcast.net
Tue Sep 21 19:37:40 UTC 2010


On 09/21/2010 11:31 AM, David Engel wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 21, 2010 at 10:56:42AM -0700, Douglas Peale wrote:
>> On 09/21/2010 07:47 AM, David Engel wrote:
>>> 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.
>>
>> Let me make sure I understand what you are saying here.
>> If I have a station, say KNTV on channel 11.1 available on 3 sources of different priority, and I give all three sources the
>> call sign KNTV, then MythTV will ignore the source priority for the three sources?
>> With this setup, it will also ignore channel priority if I try to set different channel priority for these channels in the
>> channel editor?
>> The only way to make these priorities work is to give different call signs for this station on the different sources?
>> So I must suffer duplicate listings in the mythweb listings if I want priorities to work?
> 
> Sign.  No.  Please read
> http://www.mythtv.org/docs/mythtv-HOWTO-12.html#ss12.6.
> 

That link was very helpful, I wish I had run across it sooner. I had been looking in the Wiki for this information and not
finding it.
It appears my system is mis-configured for what I want it to do, and I must make some changes.

>>>> 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.?
>>
>> If I could find that setting in the menu I'd tell you. I just went through all the setup pages in both the back end and the
>> front end that looked relevant, and could not find it.
>> I just checked the MythTV Settings page in MythWeb, and the word "Avoid" is not on that page.
>> BTW I'm running 0.24 if that makes a difference.
> 
> The thing that makes a difference is mythweb.  Please use
> mythback/frontend for everything I ask you to try.  The setting can be
> found in mythfrontend / Utilities/Setup / Setup / TV Settings /
> Recording Pirorities / Set Recording Priorities.
> 

I had been to TV Settings, but "Recording Priorities" was scrolled off the bottom of the list, and I missed the down arrow on
the page.

The setting was set to "Never", but this is moot due to other mis-configurations on my part.

>>>> 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".
>>
>> I added this to the Backend start command on the Backend Control page of the General entry of Backend Setup. Is that the correct
>> place?
> 
> I doubt it.  I'm guessing that's mythweb-speak for the backend startup
> command, which is something for the backend to run, not how the
> backend itself is run.  To run the backend with "-v schedule" you will
> either need to run it manually or possible change it's init script.
> 

The only times I used MythWeb, I explicitly said I used MythWeb This setting was done in Backend Setup (I even said so). But
again this is moot as I understand what I was doing wrong and will fix it.

>> an additional note. I found that the show in question had been added
>> with a priority of -10. I had added this show by clicking on the
>> listing in mythweb. I certainly did not change the priority there,
>> so I do not know how the priority got set to -10.
> 
> If you don't know how the priority got to -10, you definitely need to
> read the documentation mentioned above and understand it before doing
> anything else.
> 
> David


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