[mythtv-users] building a mythtv test system

[Bill Meek]

On 01/02/2018 02:37 PM, Jim Abernathy wrote:
> I have a production mythtv system running 0.28 and want to build a
> version 29 system to test out before conversion.  My production system
> has a PCIe tuner and a HDHR Connect.
> 
> All my recordings are at night during primetime.  So what I want to do
> is use the networked HDHR Connect on the test system during the day when
> it's not used by the production system.
> 
> So my question is: Can 2 mythtv backends be setup to the same HDHR
> Connect if they don't record or watch livetv at the same time.
> 
> If needed I could shutdown the test system when I'm not testing.

Can't see why not. You could make sure that the 0.28 host's schedule
order (in Input connections) selected the PCIe card 1st and then
change the schedule order for the 2nd HDHR to 0, so that it would
never be used. Then on the 29 host, only configure the 2nd half of
the HDHR.

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Bill