[mythtv-users] DVB-T tuners recording multiple shows

[Mark Greenwood]

On 25 Oct 2012, at 12:04, Mark Greenwood wrote:

> Hi again,
> 
> I recently upgraded from 0.24 to 0.26 (fresh install). I recall that under 0.24 I could set 'Max Recordings' for a DVB tuner to '2', and mythtv would understand that it could record 2 channels simultaneously on that tuner provided they were on the same multiplex. This always worked fine.
> 
> In 0.26, however, I just programmed 2 shows to record at the same time. They're on different multiplexes but in mythweb I can see that they are both set to be recorded on the same tuner. Surely this won't work. What have I done wrong?
> 
> I have 2 USB DVB-T sticks connected, they're indentical. I was expecting the second show to be scheduled to be recorded on the second stick. Is this something to do with input groups? - this is something I have failed to get my head around and just allowed mythtv-setup to specify it in its own mysterious way :)

Whoops, just answered my own question… I'd given both tuners the same name in the backend setup :) PEBKAC.

On this subject though, I'm still a little confused about input groups. The backend setup, under Input Connections, has two input groups for each tuner. For each tuner the first input group is set to something like /dvb/adapterN/frontend0 and the second is set to 'Generic'. But as I understand it, to permit 4 simultaneous recordings (assuming appropriate choices of channles/multiplexes) the second one should also be unique. Is this wrong?

Thanks,

Mark

> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Mark