[mythtv-users] Not using both tuners to full effect?

David Whyte david.whyte at gmail.com
Fri Jan 14 08:58:39 EST 2005


once you find the php script that causes the recording details to be
shown, its just an attribute of the input field.  Its been a while
since I touched PHP, but I will take a look now.  I think this is a
great idea :D


On Fri, 14 Jan 2005 07:38:51 -0500, James Pifer <jep at obrien-pifer.com> wrote:
> > Thanks for pointing out that thread. I'd started to read it but it
> > wasn't really relevant at the start so I didn't get all the way to the
> > end.
> >
> > Seems crazy that I have a second tuner sitting completely unused while
> > the box chops off the end of a program so it can use only one tuner.
> > Also seems crazy that I have a global setting (most convenient - means
> > I don't have to faff around with early/late settings for each
> > recording) and then that option is chucked away when it needn't be.
> >
> > Sigh.
> >
> > So, my options are:
> > 1) Set overrun-underrun settings for *each* recording manually and
> > forget all about the global ones.
> > 2) Wait for a patch - unlikely to get into CVS I would guess.
> > 3) Learn C++ and write my own patch.
> >
> > Oh well.
> 
> I've wondered about the exact same issue. Just seems to make sense that
> it would use the other tuner since it's sitting idle. Anyway, I've gone
> through my recordings and manually set the start early/end late fields.
> I do all my scheduling from the web interface.
> 
> A possible workaround that would work for me would be to simply have
> mythweb automatically default those two fields to specific values.
> 
> For example:
> Start Early (minutes):          2
> End Late (minutes):             1
> 
> I looked at program_detail.php but it wasn't obvious on how this could
> be done. Anyone know off the top of their head a simple way to do this?
> 
> Thanks,
> James
> 
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