[mythtv-users] HDHomeRun & multirec

[Richard Shaw]

On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 4:07 PM, James Orr <james.orr7 at gmail.com> wrote:
> I got my 0.22 installation done on Wednesday (not exactly painless, but it
> all worked out in the end).  I suddenly remembered I'm supposed to have
> multi-rec on my HDHR now!
>
> So, I went into mythtv-setup and found the option for number of recordings
> and I set that to 2 for both tuners to see what would happen.
>
> I checked my upcoming recordings schedule and I don't see any changes.
>
> So my first question is ... is there something else I need to do?
>
> And my second question is ... how can I see what channels are on the same
> thingy and eligible for simultaneous recording?

For Multirec to work it needs to be on the same frequency but
different subchannels. In my case, the local PBS station is 10 and
they broadcast HD on 10.1 and SD on 10.2. Find something like this and
try and record whatever is on both channels. It should only tie up one
tuner instead of both.

Richard