[mythtv-users] Scheduler didn't auto-move show so another could get better tuner

Michael T. Dean mtdean at thirdcontact.com
Tue Dec 4 22:13:28 UTC 2007


On 12/04/2007 05:05 PM, Brian Harnish wrote:
> I do have the reschedule higher priority shows option enabled, but I
> don't think that is relevant since these shows have the same priority.
>
> Show1 (+0 priority) 1 episode, multiple showings (Sun-9pm,11pm, Mon-1am,etc).
> Show2 (+0 priority) 1 episode, single showing (Sun-9pm).
>
> Tuner1 (+0 priority)
> Tuner2 (-1 priority)
>
> I ended up getting Show1 on Tuner1, and Show2 on Tuner2. I would have
> thought that because the shows have the same priorities, it would try
> to move Show1 to a later showing (which where available) so that it
> could record Show2 on a higher priority tuner.
>
> I resolved this by making an override for Show2 and increasing the
> priority by one. This put Show2 on Tuner1 and pushed Show1 back to a
> later episode on Tuner1.
>
> I suppose this situation is due to the complexity of scheduling.  Is
> the scheduler not designed to attempt to move shows with the same
> priorities so that they can record on higher priority tuners?

It does, but only once, meaning there's the occasional corner case. 
http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/264034#264034

Mike


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