[mythtv-users] Number of MultiRec tuners question (DVB-T UK)

[Andy Burns]

On 10/03/2008 11:29, jonny Linux wrote:

> I have 3 tuners listed in the system status screen. Tuner 1 is for DVB 
> card 0, Tuner 2 is also DVB card 0. Tuner 3 is DVB card 1.
> If I put Tuner 1 on BBC One, I can record BBC Two (multiplex 1) using 
> Tuner 2 and ITV1 (multiplex 2) on Tuner 3.
> 
> My question is, should I be able to record more channels than 3. For 
> instance, why isn't there a second tuner on DVB card 1 which could 
> record Channel 4 (multiplex 2) at the same time. Or even, why isn't 
> there a third tuner for card 0, which would allow me to record BBC Three 
> (multiplex 1) at the same time.
> 
> Does each virtual tuner need to be configured in mythtv-setup, or just 
> the actual cards?

In mythtvsetup you can set the number of concurrent streams per physical 
tuner, you might want to delete all tuners first, otherwise the tuner 
numbers get quite untidy (myth doesn't mind but I like the virtual 
tuners for each physical tuner to be sequential)