[mythtv-users] help! Ubuntu upgrade ate my mythtv

Dan Kressin dkressin at yahoo.com
Sat Aug 10 14:50:27 UTC 2013


----- Original Message -----

> From: Joseph Fry <joe at thefrys.com>
> In mythtv-setup, where you configured the tuners, did do you have it
> set to 2 virtual tuners for each physical tuner?  This sometimes
> throws people because that is the default for some tuners (HDHR).

Ah, that's it!

> Note, if your running OTA or QAM, I would leave it at two.. or even
> bump it to 3.  Essentially, this allows you to record multiple
> programs if they are on the same multiplex.

I'll leave it at 2 -- there were rarely any times in the past where I was recording enough to have conflicts with 4 physical tuners, and we don't use it for LiveTV.  8 should be plenty.  :)

Thanks,
-Dan



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