[mythtv-users] Enabling multirec borks usability a bit.

[Michael T. Dean]

On 04/19/2010 12:52 PM, mugginz wrote:
>> I would have thought that the behaviour you described above is exactly as
>> expected. You have three tuners, you went and started three recordings.
>> This meant that each tuner grabbed and locked the mux that contained the
>> channel it was recording. I can't see any way you can then access a
>> channel that's not on one of the three muxes currently being used. That's
>> exactly the way that multirec is supposed to work.
>>
>> Don't forget, your 'virtual tuner' which is the extra tuner you configured
>> is just a happenstance extra benefit of the fact that each tuned mux
>> contains a number of channels.  Once a mux is selected by the hardware,
>> that's the limit of availability for that physical tuner.
>>      
> No, that's not what I'm getting at.  The three tuners are all tied up and was
> able to switch between the muxes momentarily.
>
> Tuner 1 - Channel 7 - Various other channels available from this mux
> Tuner 2 - Channel 9 - ditto
> Tuner 3 - Channel 10 - ditto
>
>
> I should be able to switch between any channel from the muxes sitting on each
> of the tuners.  So, any channel available from the muxes that transmit
> channels 7, 9 and 10.
>
> After loading up each of the tuners with recordings I was able to make one
> correct switch.  When selecting channel 2 (which isn't available from either
> of the three muxes sitting on the tuners) it correctly selected the closest
> channel that was available.  But then I couldn't select a channel from one of
> the other muxes without manually selecting another input first.  It decided to
> lock itself to just the mux that channel 7 was transmitting on.
>    

That's option D.  It's the only possible way to switch capture cards 
when all tuners are busy.

Also, for option C, you need to redo it (as there's more to it than the 
summary info in this thread provides, so I suggest you read the post I 
linked).

http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/432734#432734 (for 
info on D and the link to the post you should read)

Mike