[mythtv-users] LiveTV and Tuner Selection

[Andrew Stadt]

On 05/07/16 11:26 AM, mythtv wrote:
> 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.
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Out of curiosity, have you ever tried (a) Delete All Tuners, and re-set 
them up?  I've had to do this a time or three over the years; and/or (b) 
how do you have the LiveTV/Record priority values set up?