[mythtv-users] tuner priorities

[Michael T. Dean]

On 12/27/2012 03:54 AM, Martin Moores wrote:
> On 27 Dec 2012 05:53, "Kevin Johnson" wrote:
>> Hi all:
>>
>> I am confused as to how I should order my tuners.  I have 4 tuners.
>> I watch a lot of live tv. (Yes I know, it's a sin)
>> Anyway, with the changes that have been made lately, what is the best way
>> to order my tuners... livetv / Recording priorities?
>>
>>
>> Have first tuner be 1 on live tv and 4 on recordings?
>> tuner 2 would be 2 for live tv and 3 for recordings?
>> and so on.
>> OR
>> Have the first tuner be 1 for livetv and 1 for recordings?
>> Tuner 2 would be 2 for livetv and 2 for recordings?
>> and so on.
>> Thanks.

Note that these are not "tuner priorities" (nor "input priorities"), but 
what you're asking about is Live TV and Schedule *order*.  The 
difference is that priority tells MythTV what to record, but the Live TV 
and Schedule order tell it the order to choose tuners when recording.

I'm making this distinction so that others reading the thread or the 
archives find the right settings.  Generally speaking, no one should set 
Input Priority (popularly called "tuner priority").  It's pretty much 
just a way of saying, "This input is broken but I'd rather get the 
occasional bad recording out of it than fix my system."

> Just do them in reverse, so live tv is more unlikely to interfere with
> recordings, unless all 4 tuners were being used for recordings of course.
>
> So:
>
> tuner 1 would be 1 for recordings and 4 for live tv
> tuner 2 would be 2 for recordings and 3 for live tv
> tuner 3 would be 3 for recordings and 2 for live tv
> tuner 4 would be 4 for recordings and 1 for live tv
>

And, yeah, that's generally what most Live TV users want.

Mike