[mythtv-users] scheduler confusion

[Michael T. Dean]

On 09/05/2014 08:25 AM, Michael T. Dean wrote:
> On 09/05/2014 07:52 AM, Mark Perkins wrote:
>> To be honest I don't think the ordering is causing your problem, but 
>> the recommendation is that if all the tuners are equally functional 
>> then that should be reflected in the order priority.
>
> Though not all having the same value.  If you have 4 physical capture 
> devices, all equally functional and equivalent to one another, you 
> should set them up as having schedule orders of 1, 2, 3, and 4.  Then, 
> you would likely choose Live TV order of 4, 3, 2, 1 to ensure you take 
> the least-likely-to-be-chosen-for-recordings device first when you 
> enter Live TV (so it's also the least likely to be already locked to a 
> mux).

Oh, and BTW, this is exactly how MythTV will configure your system by 
default.  If it's not already this way, I highly recommend you "Delete 
all capture cards" (not "Delete all capture cards on <hostname>") and 
re-create them to ensure they're fixed properly so you don't:

> Choosing exactly the same schedule order value for the different 
> physical devices may break multirec placement efficiency.

break multirec.

Mike