[mythtv-users] livetv vs recordings tuner use

John Finlay finlay at moeraki.com
Tue Apr 1 03:09:52 UTC 2008


Michael T. Dean wrote:
> On 03/31/2008 04:35 PM, John Finlay wrote:
>   
>> I started a livetv session by mishandling the remote when the tv was off 
>> and so it was recording for a few hours. Meanwhile I had set up mythtv 
>> to record a program during that time period. I noticed that the 
>> recording didn't happen because the tuner was in use with the livetv. I 
>> have two identical tuners and at the time the other wasn't being used. I 
>> would have expected mythtv by default to notice that the other tuner 
>> wasn't being used and was capable of recording the program and then 
>> switched to using the other tuner. Is there a setting to allow that 
>> behavior?
>>
>> I'm using mythbuntu with 20.2.
>>   
>>     
>
> Avoid conflicts between live TV and scheduled shows
> If enabled, live TV will choose a tuner card that is less likely to have
> scheduled recordings rather than the best card available.
>
>   
That is/was already checked.
> Allow live TV to move scheduled shows
> If enabled, scheduled recordings will be moved to other cards (where
> possible), so that live TV will not be interrupted.
>   
I don't see this option in 20.2 - guess I'll  have to update soon.

Thanks

John



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