[mythtv-users] cards vs sources vs inputs confusion, problems and possible bugs

[Eric Sharkey]

On Thu, Dec 3, 2009 at 4:04 PM, Yeechang Lee <ylee at pobox.com> wrote:
> Petr Stehlik <pstehlik at sophics.cz> says:
>> What's wrong with identical channums?
>
> [...]
>
>> Shouldn't the computer know better (using the chanids) which tuner
>> is free and could be used?
>
> That's a fair point, and a feature I agree would be useful, but that's
> not how MythTV works now from a tuning perspective.

Isn't it?

I use the same channel numbers for all of my sources and have never
had a problem with LiveTV finding an appropriate tuner.

Then again, I don't use LiveTV very often.

Eric