[mythtv-users] livetv vs recordings tuner use

[John Finlay]

Brad DerManouelian wrote:
> John Finlay wrote:
>   
>> So it should have recorded the program if the LiveTV question timed out. 
>> Looking at the log I can see:
>>
>> 2008-03-31 00:59:29.334 TVRec(12): ASK_RECORDING 12 29 0
>> 2008-03-31 01:00:02.372 Started recording: The Shield "Haunts": channel 
>> 1131 on cardid 12, sourceid 1
>>
>> So it claims to have changed the channel and started the recording but 
>> it actually didn't. It just kept on recording on the same channel. I'm 
>> using a PCHD5500 so maybe there is some weird interaction there or just 
>> a bug. Also I would have expected it to switch to the unused tuner 
>> instead of just stopping the LiveTV but if the default had worked it 
>> would have OK. So what's the best way to figure out why it didn't do 
>> what it claimed it was doing?
>>     
>
> Are you tuning with the 5500 or with an external channel change script? 
>   
I tune with the 5500 since I have only OTA antenna reception.
> I'm assuming it works ok changing channels while in LiveTV mode.
>   
Yep
> I would recreate the situation you had (schedule something to record, 
> then turn on LiveTV, monitor your backend/frontend logs) and see what 
> happens.
>   
I did and of course it worked perfectly i.e. auto changed the channel. I 
added record and channel to the logging options to get more info if the 
problem reoccurs.

Thanks

John