[mythtv-users] Two tuners but got dropped from live TV when a single recording started

[Mark Knecht]

On 9/2/05, Nick <knowledgejunkie at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 03/09/05, Mark Knecht <markknecht at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On 9/2/05, Bruce Markey <bjm at lvcm.com> wrote:
> > > Mark Knecht wrote:
> > > > Hi,
> > > >    I was spacing out watching CNN pn the PC today when MythTV started
> > > > recording a program at noon. Suddenly I was watching the program being
> > > > recorded and not TV.
> > > >
> > > >    Can't Myth determine that I have two tuners and pick the second one
> > > > when it starts recording a single program? Seems an awful waste of
> > > > resource?
> > > >
> > > >    Otherwise is there a way to make Live TV be the second tuner so
> > > > that Myth is free to use the first one when it wants to?
> > >
> > > TV Settings->General, first page, check "Avoid conflicts between
> > > live TV and scheduled shows".
> > >
> > > --  bjm
> >
> > Hi Bruce,
> >    I don't see why that isn't checked by default!
> >
> 
> I think the thinking was to make sure recordings have higher priority
> than LiveTV, but the option could be in the main setup to make it
> obvious.
> 
> >    I assume that if I scheduled a second recording that I would get
> > kicked since recording takes precedence over watching? I guess I can
> > run that experiement also.
> 
> You should get a menu on the screen before the recording is due to
> start, gving the option to carry on LiveTV (not record), record the
> show, or start watching the recording.
> 
> Nick

Hi Nick,
   I didn't get any message - I just got dropped. I have seen that
message when I was sitting on the backend machine itself watching live
TV and a recording needed to start. Today was sort of a special case
as I have construction going on and the TV was covered with a sheet.

   To be clear I was sitting on a frontend only PC watching TV. The
recording works on the backend in another room talking to an NFS mount
 storage. The system is a combination of 0.18.0 and 0.18.1 machines.

   Anyway, the option Bruce pointed me at seems to have worked so
that's a big help.

Cheers,
Mark