[mythtv-users] Tuner Schedules

Simon Hobson linux at thehobsons.co.uk
Fri Mar 18 07:51:02 UTC 2011


Rob Smith wrote:

>  > But how will that deal with the problem of the scheduler not knowing
>>  **in advance** not to schedule recordings in those specific windows ?
>>  As I see it, if a program has two showings, and the second showing is
>>  in the window you need the STB for something else, then there is a
>>  fair chance of the scheduler planning on recording that showing so as
>>  to be able to record another program in the earlier slot. As it is, a
>>  lot of my recordings are of repeats rather than the first showing.
>
>You can turn off 'Reschedule higher priority showings' and you'd get
>the highest priority all the time. and won't run into this specific
>issue. That said, you will end up with a sub optimal number of
>recordings.

Rrrrright, so the answer to "but this will break your recordings and 
you'll miss some" is to make another setting that "breaks it in a 
different way and you'll still miss some".

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