[mythtv-users] Idea for multiple frontends watching same Live tv

[Joseph A. Caputo]

On Monday 26 April 2004 14:51, Robert Rozman wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'd also like to have multiple frontends watching same Live TV
> stream. I just got an idea how this would be easier to implement.
>
> Let's say one is the first. Then when second frontend tries Live tv,
> then Live tv could switch to recording and all frontends (also third,
> fourth) can connecti to this stream via Watch recordings (and pause,
> rew on its own). But this would be fine if implemented to take place
> automatically.

...but this approach would cause the scheduler to run, and could 
potentially result in missing a scheduled recording.  This is because 
instead of being in 'LiveTV' mode, you would be in 'WatchingRecording' 
mode.  'LiveTV' mode is special because it can be interrupted by a 
scheduled recording (it prompts you, but if you don't respond, it times 
out and exits LiveTV).  But if you silently switch from LiveTV to 
WatchingRecording without user intervention, what you've effectively 
done is allow Myth to create a new SingleRecord recording that may have 
a higher priority (because of its recording type) than an upcoming 
scheduled recording.  Even if it didn't have a higher priority, I don't 
think Myth is set up to be able to interrupt an in-progress recording 
in order to record something of a higher priority.

Of course, I might be speaking out of my rear end here, since I've never 
really looked at the scheduler code, other than what I've read on the 
-dev list. :-)

-JAC