[mythtv] EPG Improvements - Need some help

Lee Marlow lmarlow at yahoo.com
Thu May 5 22:19:20 UTC 2005


Isn't there already some prioritization code to handle recordings that could occur on multiple inputs/cards?  I would hope that
could be reused. 

-----Original Message-----
From: Stuart Morgan [mailto:stuart at tase.co.uk] 
Sent: Thursday, May 05, 2005 12:21 PM
To: lmarlow at yahoo.com; Development of mythtv
Subject: Re: [mythtv] EPG Improvements - Need some help

On Thursday 05 May 2005 18:51, Robert Tsai wrote:
> On Thu, May 05, 2005 at 11:38:37AM -0600, Lee Marlow wrote:
> > Why filter out channels not on that input or card?  I'd rather see 
> > all channels and then have the input and/or card changed to whatever 
> > is needed for the channel I selected.  I think this would be much 
> > more friendly for people who don't even know there are multiple 
> > cards/inputs.
>
> That does sound good, but what about the case where you have two tuner 
> cards that receive the same channels, but at different qualities (say, 
> HDTV and non-HDTV, or even just varying signal strengths, maybe one 
> card is newer than the other, or has a different antenna, or is 
> connected to a different source, or something).

You can always implement a system to prioritise which tuner is used for which channel or even have a flag to disable some channels
on a certain tuner.

That would certainly be less confusing for the non-technical end-users in our families.
--
Stuart Morgan




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