[mythtv-users] (Multirec) Re: Any Interest in Mythling for iOS?

[John Pilkington]

On 20/12/16 09:38, John Pilkington wrote:
> On 20/12/16 01:17, James Linder wrote:
>>
>>> On 19 Dec. 2016, at 8:00 pm, mythtv-users-request at mythtv.org wrote:
>>>
>>>> Multirec comes in handy when you record back to back programs with
>>>> preroll
>>>> and postroll of x min, one card does the job of two. Also OTA recording
>>>> where several programs are in one mux.
>>>>
>>>
>>> I'm currently not using that, but that's very interesting. So for
>>> example, when there are two back to back recordings on the same
>>> channel and either pre-roll or overrecord are in use, the second show
>>> will use the other virtual tuner on that same card to handle the
>>> overlap, in the same way it would use it for another channel on the
>>> same mux? I wasn't aware of that.
>>
>> Maybe my setup is wrong but it does NOT record like that for me
>>
>> I get 2 recordings
>> Pre1-Rec1
>> Rec2-Post2
>
> I have
>
> Manage Recordings > Recording Rules > Default (Template) >
> Schedule Options > Start recording 2 minutes early/End 4 minutes late
>
> and that's what happens :-)
>
> John P

... and somehow you managed to switch threads too.  This was supposed to 
be about multirec.  My apologies for continuing the mayhem.

>
>>
>> I watch recording1 which stops near the end
>> switch to recording2 which continues recording1
>>
>> There are 4 tuners available. 1 gets used throughout, 3 stay idle
>>
>> James
>