[mythtv-users] Can MythTV do this?

Michael T. Dean mtdean at thirdcontact.com
Mon Jan 30 23:01:47 UTC 2006


Kevin Kuphal wrote:

>kteague at speakeasy.net wrote:
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>>>From: Sasha Z [mailto:kleptophobiac at gmail.com]
>>>
>>>issues. If two or more people schedule the same thing - then that's
>>>great, one less stream to record. People would be able to grant each
>>>
>>How does MythTV currently handle two people scheduling the same show for recording?  Will it record the show twice, on two different tuners?  Or will it only record it once on a single tuner, and made available to all users?
>>
>Since Myth has no concept of users, it will record it once, which ever 
>rule wins according to the scheduling priorities assuming duplicate 
>detection is used, otherwise it will record it twice assuming both rules 
>match.
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Not to mention in many cases, when the second user selects the program 
from the guide, he/she will be editing the first rule.  Granted, there 
are ways to create multiple rules for the same program, but editing 
existing rules could also cause problems.

Mike


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