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<body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'>Here is what my cardinput table looks like (I essentially have an extra tuner that is pseudo 'reserved' (or more accurately prioritised) for livetv):<BR> <BR>mysql> select cardinputid, cardid, schedorder, livetvorder from cardinput;<br>+-------------+--------+------------+-------------+<br>| cardinputid | cardid | schedorder | livetvorder |<br>+-------------+--------+------------+-------------+<br>| 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |<br>| 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |<br>| 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 |<br>| 4 | 4 | 1 | 5 |<br>| 5 | 5 | 1 | 5 |<br>| 6 | 6 | 1 | 5 |<br>| 7 | 7 | 1 | 5 |<br>| 8 | 8 | 1 | 5 |<br>| 9 | 9 | 1 | 5 |<br>| 10 | 10 | 1 | 5 |<br>| 11 | 11 | 1 | 5 |<br>| 12 | 12 | 1 | 5 |<br>| 13 | 13 | 1 | 5 |<br>| 14 | 14 | 1 | 5 |<br>| 15 | 15 | 1 | 5 |<br>| 16 | 16 | 1 | 5 |<br>| 17 | 17 | 1 | 5 |<br>| 18 | 18 | 1 | 5 |<br>| 19 | 19 | 1 | 5 |<br>| 20 | 20 | 1 | 5 |<br>| 21 | 21 | 1 | 5 |<br>| 22 | 22 | 1 | 5 |<br>| 23 | 23 | 1 | 5 |<br>| 24 | 24 | 1 | 5 |<br>| 25 | 25 | 1 | 5 |<br>| 26 | 26 | 5 | 1 |<br>| 27 | 27 | 5 | 1 |<br>| 28 | 28 | 5 | 1 |<br>| 29 | 29 | 5 | 1 |<br>| 30 | 30 | 5 | 1 |<br>+-------------+--------+------------+-------------+<br>30 rows in set (0.00 sec)<br><BR>I have 6 physical tuners each with 5 virtual tuners.<BR> <BR>The order of the tuners is of relevance to how you can end up with two recordings from the same multiplex being on different tuners at the same time.<BR> <BR>Schedule a recording (R1) from 9-10am on multiplex A (MA). It gets tuner 1 because it is the first available tuner of the highest available priority. Then schedule a second recording (R2) from 9:30-10:30am on multiplex B (MB). It gets tuner 6 because tuners 1-5 are occupied with R1 (tuner 1 is recording it, 2-5 are locked out to channels on multiplex A (MA) only).<BR> <BR>Now schedule a third recording (R3) on multiplex B (MB) for 10:15-11:15am. Ideally it should go on tuner 7 because tuners 6-10 are already occupied with MB and R1 from MA has finished. However the first available tuner is actually tuner 1. So from 10:15am onward two physical tuners are occupied with recordings from a single multiplex even though a single physical tuner could handle both recordings.<BR> </div></body>
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