[mythtv-users] Weird logic

[Nick Rout]

On Mon, Apr 30, 2012 at 2:43 PM, Pieter De Wit <pieter at insync.za.net> wrote:
> On 30/04/2012 09:37, Michael T. Dean wrote:
>
> On 04/29/2012 10:54 AM, Saul A. Peebsen wrote:
>
> Running 0.25 fixes.
> I have a dual analog tuner.
> Live TV was in one of them, there was an upcoming recording, I assumed
> it will be using second tuner but no. The menu popped up on liveTV, I
> did not respond, when I came back to TV it was showing the running
> recording instead. I hit Esc because I wanted to watch it later ... and
> that canceled the recording.
> Why can't it use free tuners for recording?
>
>
> Because it always uses the best tuner available (meaning uses tuners based
> on recording order you specified)--figuring that a recording you're keeping
> is more important than Live TV that will automatically delete.
>
>   How comes the recording was
> canceled without any warning?
>
>
>
> That's a known issue--the whole "we need this tuner for a recording" popup
> is in need of lots of fixes.
>
> Mike
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> Yeah...I second Mike now too :)
>
> I did a test:
>
> Encoder 1 [ DVB : /dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0 ] is local on media and is
> recording 'Britain's Best Dish' on TV ONE. This recording is scheduled to
> end at 15:00.
> Encoder 2 [ DVB : /dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0 ] is local on media and is
> recording 'Anderson' on TV2. This recording is scheduled to end at 15:00.
> Encoder 3 [ DVB : /dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0 ] is local on media and is
> recording 'Maori Television' on Maori TV. This recording is scheduled to end
> at 15:00.
> Encoder 4 [ DVB : /dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0 ] is local on media and is
> watching Live TV 'The Court Report' on TVNZ 7. This recording is scheduled
> to end at 15:00.

This seems odd as TVONE is on a different mux to MaoriTV, in my part
of the country anyway.

>
> And now my card can handle 4 recordings. Did something change on the tuning
> code in .25 (.24 didn't have any issues with this card)
>

If your card can handle 4 or more channels at once under 0.25, then it
could under 0.24 too. This is a parameter in mythtv-setup and I think
the default is to set it to 2 virtual channels per tuner, so you must
have changed it from the default.