[mythtv-users] 2 mux on same time

[Michael T. Dean]

  On 02/03/2011 08:16 PM, Emmanuel wrote:
> On 03/02/2011 21:01, Josu Lazkano wrote:
>> Hello list, I having some problem on LiveTV. I have a MythTV 0.24 on a
>> Debian Squeeze system with 2 DVB-T tunners.
>>
>> I create one video source (EIT only) and add to both tunners on the
>> mythbackend connection section.
>>
>> The problem is that when I am recording a program and I want to watch
>> (LiveTV) an other channel on different mux, I can not watch it. Here
>> is backend output:
>>
>> 2011-02-04 01:51:49.098 ChannelBase(36): IsTunable(DVBInput,5) Channel
>> is valid, but tuner is busy on different multiplex (715 != 718)
>> 2011-02-04 01:51:49.128 ChannelBase(36) Warning: Setting start channel
>> '5' failed,
>>             selected to '6' on input 'DVBInput' instead.
>> 2011-02-04 01:51:49.139 TVRec(36): HW Tuner: 36->36
>> 2011-02-04 01:51:49.166 Finished recording EL INTERMEDIO: channel 4344
>>
>> When I try to jump to an other channels, it returns to the channel
>> that I am recording. I want to add more DVB-T devices to record
>> multiple channels on different mux at same time, first I will try to
>> solve with 2 devices.
>>
>> I will appreciate any help, thanks and best regards.
>>
> Hmm I guess you need to setup 2 video sources. Because with your 
> setup, IIUC, you are telling the backend that both tuners "share the 
> same source" basically meaning that they can only tune to the same 
> mux. So all you can do with your setup is watch 2 (or more actually) 
> channels on the same mux.
> You can also set virtual tuners: each "real tuners" can record several 
> channels on the same mux. So with 2 tuners you can end up recording 
> alot of shows ;-) But you need as many video sources as tuners.
> Please someone correct me if I'm wrong ;-)

No, if the list of channels received by the 2 DVB cards is identical, 
you use a single MythTV Video Source.

I think Josu just needs to either use the MENU to choose the next card, 
or bind a key to NEXTCARD, or similar.

Mike