[mythtv-users] Live TV interfering with scheduled recordings

[Steven Adeff]

On Thu, Oct 4, 2012 at 7:37 PM, Michael T. Dean <mtdean at thirdcontact.com> wrote:
> On 10/03/2012 10:41 AM, Steven Adeff wrote:
>> On Tue, Oct 2, 2012 at 6:33 PM, Scott harris wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Even though she isn't usually watching it my wife *constantly* has
>>>>>>> live
>>>>>>> TV on,
>>>>>>> and nearly always on a cable channel that I only have one tuner for
>>>>>>> (HD-PVR /w
>>>>>>> one cable box).  It used to be that if an upcoming recording needed
>>>>>>> to
>>>>>>> use
>>>>>>> that tuner it would popup a prompt asking the person using the tuner
>>>>>>> for
>>>>>>> live
>>>>>>> TV if they wanted to watch the show as it records/not record/ or exit
>>>>>>> live
>>>>>>> TV.  Recently it seems the MythTV has broken and no longer prompts
>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>> user
>>>>>>> and just continues playing the current live TV channel.  In mythweb
>>>>>>> it
>>>>>>> will
>>>>>>> show the show it was supposed to record as "currently recording",
>>>>>>> which
>>>>>>> you
>>>>>>> can't delete and only goes away after you restart the backend.  The
>>>>>>> tuner
>>>>>>> status is shown correctly.  Recordings that don't either don't
>>>>>>> conflict
>>>>>>> with
>>>>>>> live TV or don't happen when live TV is on all work fine. I'm running
>>>>>>> mythtv-0.25.2-2.fc16.x86_64.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Does anyone else have this issue or have an idea how to fix it
>>>>>>> (besides
>>>>>>> re-training my wife as that doesn't work)?  I'm missing all kinds of
>>>>>>> recordings.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Yes, the prompt is broken.  However, make sure your configuration is
>>>>>> such
>>>>>> that
>>>>>> the Live TV and Schedule order for your capture cards is
>>>>>> different--ideally
>>>>>> reversed--to ensure that the first card chosen for Live TV is the last
>>>>>> chosen
>>>>>> for recordings and minimize the disruption caused by it.
>>>>>>
>>>>> He says he only has the one tuner...
>>>>>
>>>> and even if he didn't it wouldn't matter, if the tuner he is watching
>>>> live tv on HAS to be the one recording, it will still be put in the
>>>> LiveTV group and not the group the recording schedule says it should
>>>> be in, AND if he were to exit LiveTV while it's recording, the
>>>> recording would stop.
>>>
>>>
>>>> I've just upgraded one of my systems to 0.26 so will be able to report
>>>> back if this has truly been fixed shortly.
>>>
>>>
>>> I can tell you that as of today's Mythbuntu 0.26 builds, it is not fixed.
>>> Though, exiting Live TV will not delete the recording (it actually
>>> records 2
>>> copies of the show, using two tuners).  It still changes the Recording
>>> Group
>>> of the scheduled program to "Live TV"
>>
>> Interesting this issue has persisted as long as it has with as many
>> people complaining about it as there are.
>
>
> and none of them doing anything about it...  (I'm sure you're not trying to
> imply that you're not getting your money's worth from the MythTV Customer
> Service department after all that money you payed for your MythTV software
> license and support agreement. ;)

I appreciate your putting words in my mouth.

-- 
Steve
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