[mythtv-users] Why does scheduled recording steal my PVR cardthat's in use?

[Malcolm]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "fsquires" <fsquires at fastmail.fm>
To: "Discussion about mythtv" <mythtv-users at mythtv.org>
Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2004 1:04 PM
Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Why does scheduled recording steal my PVR
cardthat's in use?


> I think you're right, but what he seems to want is, if you're watching
> live TV and the other card is free, for mythtv to dynamically record to
> the unused card.  I'd prefer if it prompted you perhaps 30 sec. before
> the scheduled recording, such as:
>
> There is a recording scheduled for this tuner at 10:30 AM (or in 30
> sec. counting down).
> -Allow recording to use this tuner.
> -Switch to next available tuner.
> -Cancel Recording.
>
> The default would be Allow recording, this way if you're away and left
> livetv running it would still use the default tuner.
> Fred

That sounds good except I'd prefer a default (or user config) to use the
next available tuner and only if there is no more tuners then default to
stealing the current tuner used for live TV.

Our TV runs almost 24 hours at home and sometimes we can't see the picture
but just have it on for background entertainment.  I wouldn't see the OSD at
that point and would much prefer it just grabbed the next available tuner to
record the scheduled program.


>
> On Feb 3, 2004, at 12:07 PM, Ethan McDonald wrote:
>
> > I'm not in front of my mythtv right now but can't you specify which
> > input to
> > record on under advanced recording options.
> > Forgive me if I'm wrong... :)
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: malcolm-mythtv [mailto:mythtv at lds.dyndns.org]
> > Sent: Monday, February 02, 2004 9:21 PM
> > To: Discussion about mythtv
> > Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Why does scheduled recording steal my PVR
> > card that's in use?
> >
> >
> > On Monday 02 February 2004 09:05 pm, Blues Guy wrote:
> >> This is one of my only real complaints with Myth, and
> >> one of the few things that keeps my box from getting
> >> high marks on the WAF.  It's smart enough to know when
> >> I begin watching TV that a recording is in progress,
> >> and to use the other tuner, but somehow when I'm
> >> watching TV, it doesn't know that the other tuner is
> >> sitting there idle?  I think in a previous message I
> >> speculated that it had something to do with the
> >> modularity of the frontend / backend design causing
> >> this problem, but who knows.. besides Isaac.
> >>
> >> If tuner state were stored in the database, this
> >> shouldn't be a problem!
> >
> > When I click on "system status" in mythweb it shows you exactly what
> > each
> > tuner card is doing (recording, watching TV) and it even tells you
> > which
> > channel and show etc.  So mythtv already knows what's going with each
> > of the
> >
> > capture cards.  I guess all that needs to happen now is a scheduled
> > recording
> > needs to grab the free card.
> >
> > Thanks
> > Malcolm
> >
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