[mythtv-users] Number of virtual tuners

Roger H mythtvuser1818 at gmail.com
Mon Apr 30 14:17:46 UTC 2012


 On Mon, Apr 30, 2012 at 3:46 AM, Tapani Tarvainen <
mythtv at tapanitarvainen.fi> wrote:

> But, I think it wouldn't make things worse if the limit was removed
> (or increased to something like highest value of channels in
> single MUX anywhere, i.e., at least 10) and the help text in setup
> changed to include a warning like
> "VALUES HIGHER THAN 5 REQUIRE A VERY POWERFUL SYSTEM".
> It should be enough to keep newcomers from breaking things
> accidentally - indeed possibly better than the current
> hard limit, which many (?) may read indicating 5 is always safe -
> while allowing those who actually have overpowered systems to use
> higher values easier than by recompiling.
>
Rather than hard coding the limit, requiring code modification every time
you do an upgrade, why not put the limit in a config file (defaulting to 5
if not specified).  That way the limit is fixed for newbies, but easily
modified by those in the know and remembered after an upgrade.
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