[mythtv-users] recording priority not understood

[Michael T. Dean]

On 01/13/2016 12:44 PM, Stephen Baker wrote:
> I am trying to set the preference order for input selection.  I can't 
> seem to adjust which input is selected for a particular recording 
> without explicitly choosing that input in a custom record rule.  I'd 
> like to use the channel recpriority instead.  I have tried to create a 
> custom priority, but nothing seems to change the preference order.
>
> I have 3 sources:
> - OTA (2 tuners) sourceid=2
> - OTA (1 tuner) sourceid=3
> - Cable (6 tuners) sourceid=4
>
> Not all channels are available on all sources, but there is a lot of 
> overlap in the on the broadcast spectrum.  Where there is overlap, the 
> preference is 2,4,3.  I'd like to make sense of the record priority 
> and be able to assign preferences based upon channel.  I must be 
> missing the obvious.
>
> The backend is fixes/0.27 (a62fc0d)
>


Schedule Order determines the order of utilization of inputs for 
recordings (and Live TV Order for Live TV), not channel priority. So, 
where you have an input that can record from Source 2, set its Schedule 
Order low (i.e. 1, 2, 3, ... until those inputs are done), then set the 
order for inputs that can record from Source 4, then those for Source 
3.  Then, recordings with the highest (recording, not channel) priority 
will be placed first, taking up the lowest-ordered input available, with 
lower priority recordings being placed later and taking up 
higher-ordered inputs.

Note the difference between priority (low = not important/last) and 
order (low = first/most-preferred).

Mike