[mythtv-users] tuners free? boot me off anyway

Matt Harrison iwasinnamuknow at genestate.com
Mon Apr 18 23:49:03 UTC 2011


On 19/04/2011 00:42, Chris Porter wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 18, 2011 at 4:20 PM, Matt Harrison<iwasinnamuknow at genestate.com
>> wrote:
>
>> Hi list,
>>
>> I've got a myth box with 2 dual DVB-T tuners.
>>
>> After a lof of messing around with kworld rubbish I managed to get all
>> my tuners working fine. This problem has happened from day 1 but I
>> always assumed it was due to the faulty tuner I had before.
>>
>> If I'm wating live tv and a recording is about to start, I will get the
>> box giving me 3 options (watch&  record, go to menu, cancel) even though
>> there are 3 other tuners totally idle.
>>
>> If I want to carry on watching, I have to go back to the main menu, wait
>> for the countdown to stop (in my head -- no display available) and then
>> start live tv again. Of course, it will have put me on another channel
>> so I will have to fiddle.
>>
>> Why can'y mythtv see that tuner0 is in use and automatically use the
>> next available tuner for the recording? All 4 tuners pick up exactly the
>> same programmes.
>>
>> Is this my fault? I'd love to know :)
>>
>> Thanks
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>
>
> There is a configuration option to Allow Live TV to move scheduled shows.
>
> Utilities/Setup ->  Setup ->  TV Settings ->  General

Well firstly, thanks!

Secondly, I am completely deflated. I expected a week long search with 
logs and database dumps going to the list. I got myself all worked up 
and now...I'm going to have to go to sleep :/

Lol thanks for the quick tip. I've set it and hopefully it'll do exactly 
as described.

Matt


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