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

[mugginz]

On Tue, 20 Apr 2010 07:29:20 pm Simon Waldman wrote:
> > That's why I said it's complained about by users with systems "not set up
> > properly", once set up and working many Myth systems never use live TV.
> > it is a valuable and almost necessary tool for setting up systems, as
> > you say.
> 
> This issue (not being able to tune all available channels without
> switching inputs) comes up on this list every so often. Usually the
> response seems to be "why would you expect anything else" followed by
> "you shouldn't use LiveTV anyway, you're doing it wrong".
> 
> The reality, as evidenced by the fact that the query keeps on being
> raised, is that:
> - Some people *do* want to use LiveTV.
> - If a channel is available on a tuner, people do not see why they
> should have to care which tuner it is available on, and possibly
> switch inputs to get to it. I agree with these people, in that I don't
> see any reason why Myth couldn't switch inputs automatically. [1]
> 
> Maybe it's a bug, maybe it's a RFE... it doesn't really make much
> difference. The point is that there is something that many users want,
> that there is AFAIK no reason not to implement, but that none of the
> developers want to work on. That's fair enough, they don't have to,
> but I do wish that they would just say that rather than informing the
> users that they are Doing It Wrong.
> 
> This time, we have somebody who is willing, and hopefully able, to
> contribute a fix - thank you! I hope that everybody can be supportive
> rather than critical.
> 
> -Simon


The work being done as described here

 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/424556#424556

sound most promising.  This guy seems to get it.


> 
> 
> [1] Personally I have got around this by setting up two video sources,
> each using EIT, and assigning one to each of my two tuners - even
> though both tuners are connected to the same arial. For some reason
> this solves the problem, though I don't understand why...
> _______________________________________________


This is how I initially had my system set up but was still required to 
manually perform a NEXTCARD.  I'll now test it with 0.23 and see how it goes.