[mythtv-users] TV Tuners, backend PC, etc

[Simon Hobson]

Diego Rivera wrote:

>I'd like to be able to freely tune each TV set (via its frontend PC) 
>independently to a live TV stream (obviously coming from any of the 
>available TV tuners, on the *backend* PC).  If possible, I'd like to 
>be able to independently initiate recording on the stream being 
>watched from the frontend box (i.e. to be recorded/encoded in the 
>backend).

You can watch live TV, but it's not going to be as user friendly as 
you might want.

AIUI, when a user selects Live TV, the system will pick a tuner for 
them to use. At this point, the user can only select channels 
available on that tuner. If they want channels from another tuner, 
then they must manually switch card and then select a channel.
Ie, you CANNOT just select a channel number and have the system 
select a tuner that can provide it and is free.

You really meed to educate people to not want to watch live TV ! I 
rarely do these days.

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