[mythtv-users] LiveTV and Tuner Selection

[Andrew Stadt]

On 04/07/16 10:51 PM, mythtv wrote:
> On 07/04/2016 04:08 PM, Andrew Stadt wrote:
>> Recently did some updates, and ran into kind of a strange situation.
>>
>> Setup: 2x HDPVRs, 1x HDHomeRun (dual tuner version). For the most part
>> this setup has worked well for me for the past couple years. Generally
>> track master, but only do updates every couple months (as my work
>> schedule allows).
>>
>> Did an update yesterday, had a few issues between my HD-PVR's and the
>> new kernel (and a couple other usb devices, nothing new there). Rolled
>> the kernel updates back. Everything seemed to be working correctly...
>> until I noticed that during LiveTV, everytime I changed channels it
>> would switch from HD-PVR to the other. Tried scheduling a recording,
>> that worked fine, could enter LiveTV at the same time on the other
>> HD-PVR, but couldn't change channels to anything other then what the
>> other HD-PVR was recording, or a channel on the HDHomeRun.
>>
>> I'm guessing the issue has something to do with the recent changes to
>> the ::IsInputAvailable() (when if the guide, it shows the channels on
>> the currently used input as un-available), but not sure how to
>> troubleshoot.
>>
>> Any suggestions?
>>
>> Andrew.
>>
>>
>> Is it recording what you were just watching?  Mine has been doing that
>> since upgrading to 0.28.  I have 2 HDPVRS and when I watch livetv, then
>> exit, it acts as if I pressed the record button and continues to record
>> that channel even though I exited Live TV.  Then when I go back in to
>> Live TV, it has to use the alternate HDPVR.  If I do this twice, it then
>> consumes both HDPVRs and won't record anything I had scheduled if it
>> conflicts.  I haven't been able to get any response nor find any setting
>> that might affect this behavior.
>>
That might explain what I was seeing... went back to fixes/0.28 and (for 
me at least), it is working as it used to (LiveTV stays on the tuner it 
was on when doing channel changes - unless it needs a different tuner 
for the channel in question).

Also turns out I was dealing with another flakey usb device on the same 
bus as one of the HD-PVR's... not helping matters. Not sure why it 
decided to wait for an upgrade to go south, but the timing could have 
been better :-)