[mythtv-users] Live TV playback frustration

[Jim Oltman]

On Fri, Aug 24, 2012 at 10:47 AM, Paul Gardiner <lists at glidos.net> wrote:

> On 24/08/2012 11:50, Michael T. Dean wrote:
>
>> In MythTV, Live TV has an implied contract that the Live TV viewer is
>> the "owner" of the tuner.  If you were channel surfing and stumbled
>> across a channel on which a scheduled recording is occurring and MythTV
>> noticed and instead started playing back the scheduled recording, it
>> would presumably "release" the tuner you were using for Live TV.  And,
>> unlucky you, your wife just happened to start Live TV--and claim that
>> just-released tuner--right before you hit channel up, again.  Now you've
>> lost your tuner, so what to do?
>>
>
> That would be ok, wouldn't it (I'm thinking after reading several of the
> follow up posts). Finding yourself restricted to watching what is
> currently recording or what your wife is watching on the other front
> end when all virtual tuners are in use, wouldn't be any more surprising
> than finding yourself restricted to certain multiplexes when all your
> real tuners are in use, but a virtual one is free.


I think it would be OK.  Especially if the FE you were using told you that
"The "INSERTFRONTENDNAMEHERE and the INSERTSHOWNAMEHERE are currently
consuming all tuners."
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