[mythtv-users] HDHR Prime tuner priority

[Mike Carron]

On 4/8/2014 5:34 PM, Matthew Daubenspeck wrote:
> Since my cable is in the process of switching to all encrypted, I bought
> a HdHomeRun Prime and a cableCard. That is the best device ever. Thanks
> to the help of the list I got everything switched over to the Prime only
> and it seems to be working perfectly.
>
> I have a slingbox, that is pretty much useless without another freaking
> cablebox. However, I connected a Raspberry Pi to it via the composite
> video. Using XBMC, it can use uPNP and it streams everything non DRM
> from the Prime beautifully. It solves the slingbox issue.
>
> However, what would happen with Myth if it is scheduled to record
> something, from say tuner 0, but that's already in use by the Pi? I'm
> assuming that Mythtv thinks it is the only thing using the tuners, so
> will it by default try an already in use tuner 0?
>
> Is there anyway around this?
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It's been my experience that MythTV does not share tuners. If you want 
your Pi to have a tuner, remove that tuner from your Mythbackend.

mike