[mythtv-users] Odd behaviour when a program is scheduled to record by two schedules at once

Nick Craig-Wood nick at craig-wood.com
Thu Jun 19 19:55:40 UTC 2008


Nick Morrott <knowledgejunkie at gmail.com> wrote:
>  On 19/06/2008, Nick Craig-Wood <nick at craig-wood.com> wrote:
> >  >  (I'd also recommend upgrading to 0.21-fixes if possible.)
> >
> > That is my next plan but I need to find a bit of free time first!
> 
>  I just added your two rules to my schedule, and the episodes of House
>  were scheduled by the regular House rule, rather than the 'good stuff'
>  rule (using 0.21-fixes).

Ok, that is a very interesting data point - thank you for trying that.

> Not sure what else to suggest, other than the printsched details of
> the programmes scheduled around the time of those two episodes of
> House.

Here they are!

As you can see I try to record far more things than I actually have
capacity for and let the priority rules record the best stuff off the
best channels.  Most of it expires before we watch it, but at least
there is something to watch!

Title - Subtitle                    Chan ChID Day Start  End   C I  T N   Pri
BBC News and Weather                   1 2501  19 17:55-18:35  0 0  T N   0/0
The Simpsons - "My Sister, My Sitte    4 2509  19 17:55-18:35  1 1  A 1 -28/0
Grand Designs                         13 2511  19 18:55-20:05  0 0  A P  -2/0
The Simpsons - "My Sister, My Sitte  501 2525  19 18:55-19:35  0 0  A E -31/0
Can Dogs Smell Cancer?                 9 2517  19 19:55-21:05  0 0  A C  -3/0
Futurama - "Xmas Story"               11 2011  19 19:55-20:35  0 0  A P -30/0
House - "No Reason"                  503 2527  19 19:55-21:05  0 0  A P   8/0
Futurama - "Why Must I Be a Crustac   11 2011  19 20:25-21:05  0 0  A L -30/0
Numb3rs - "The Art of Reckoning"      10 2508  19 20:30-21:35  0 0  A R   2/0
Britain's Lost World                   1 2501  19 20:55-22:05  0 0  A C  -2/0
Heroes - "Cautionary Tales"            2 2502  19 20:55-21:50  1 1  O 1  12/0
House - "Living the Dream"             5 2514  19 20:55-22:05  2 2  O 2  -1/0 <-- problem here (I had to force this to record)
The Flapping Track                     9 2517  19 20:55-22:15  0 0  A C  -3/0
Scrubs - "My Bad Too"                 14 2510  19 20:55-21:35  0 0  A C  -4/0
Louis Theroux - "Gambling in Las Ve   19 2520  19 20:55-22:25  0 0  A L  -1/0
Grey's Anatomy - "Wishin' and Hopin    5 2514  19 21:55-23:05  1 1  A 1  -3/0
Heroes - "Truth and Consequences"      7 2503  19 22:25-23:15  0 0  A L   9/0
Book at Bedtime: Things Fall Apart   704 2704  19 22:40-23:05  2 2  A 2   1/0
....
The Simpsons - "Homer's Enemy"         4 2509  26 17:55-18:35  1 1  A 1 -28/0
Grand Designs Revisited               13 2511  26 18:55-20:05  0 0  A x  -4/0
The Simpsons - "Homer's Enemy"       501 2525  26 18:55-19:35  0 0  A E -31/0
Today at Wimbledon                     2 2502  26 19:55-21:05  2 2  A 2  -2/0
Futurama - "Put Your Head on My Sho   11 2011  26 19:55-20:35  1 1  A 1 -30/0
Futurama - "The Lesser of Two Evils   11 2011  26 20:25-21:05  0 0  A L -30/0
Heroes - "Truth and Consequences"      2 2502  26 20:55-21:50  0 0  A L  10/0
House - "House's Head"                 5 2514  26 20:55-22:05  1 1  A 1  -3/0 <-- problem here
Louis Theroux - "The Most Hated Fam   19 2520  26 20:55-22:25  0 0  A L  -1/0
Numb3rs - "Under Pressure"            10 2508  26 21:55-22:55  2 2  A 2   2/0
Book at Bedtime: Breath - "Breath"   704 2704  26 22:40-23:05  1 1  A 1   1/0

>  If you have two tuners using the same videosouce, do both cards/inputs
>  have the same priority?

I have two identical tuners (the original nova-t PCI cards) and they
are set to the same videosource and priority.

Thanks

Nick
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