[mythtv-users] LiveTV and Tuner Selection

[mythtv]

On 07/05/2016 05:44 AM, Andrew Stadt wrote:
>
>
> 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 :-)
>
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Interesting.  I've always been on 0.28/fixes and it's still "broken" for
me.  At this point I have no clues or direction where to even look.