[mythtv-users] Phantom encoders appearing randomly

[Klaas de Waal]

On Wed, 30 Nov 2022 at 03:11, mythtv <mythtv at mdabbs.org> wrote:

> I've started to have this problem where new random encoders start to
> appear in the backend.  It is actually happening because the number of
> max recordings for one of the encoders keeps increasing on its own. I
> have two external recorders, but this only appears to happen to the
> first one.  They both had the 'Schedule as Group' option checked, and
> the help text says virtual inputs will automatically be added as needed
> to fulfill the recording load. Is this what's causing the new inputs?
>
> Yes.

See the WIki
https://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Channel_Scanning#Interactions_between_inputs
for more about the Max Recording and Schedule as Group options.

Klaas.
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