[mythtv] mythtv multirec dvb-s test (works)

[Daniel Kristjansson]

On Thu, 2007-07-05 at 11:06 +0300, Erez D wrote:
> using Skystar2 DVB-S pci
> first: generally it works, great work. thanks !
good

> however:
> 1. backend segmentation faults when switching between channels which
> are not on the same multiplex while in live tv. 
If you can attach a backtrace to itcket #3326 this would
be very helpful, DVB-S hasn't had much testing yet.

> 2. pressing 'r' for record while in live-tv recorded the program, but
> i was unable to switch channels. (exiting and entering live-tv again
> fixed that however)
Yes, this is an existing limitation in the frontend,
there is no plan to fix it in this branch.

> 3. mythtv-multirec seems to miss some include files - i was unable to
> compile some of svn's mythplugins (mythmusic and mytharchive) with it
> (i was able however if i took the svn mythtv instead of
> mythtv-multirec branch) 
We're not making any changes in the plugins so they are simply
not part of the branch.

> question: 
> other than 'max recording' field in mythtv-setup, i didn't
> see any interface change. i heard about recording groups.
> how do i access them ?
There are two comboboxes in the input connections pane in
mythtv-setup...

> if via mysql, then what table, what format ? 
inputgroup. The comboboxes should be editable again soon..
FYI The inputgroups are automatically created and set for
DVB multirec purposes when you increase 'max recordings'.

-- Daniel