[mythtv-users] HDHR Prime Tuner Record/Watch question

Michael Wisniewski mikewiz38 at gmail.com
Fri Aug 21 23:15:32 UTC 2015


On Fri, Aug 21, 2015 at 3:50 PM, Peter Bennett (cats22) <cats22 at comcast.net>
wrote:

> On 08/21/2015 02:13 PM, Michael T. Dean wrote:
> > On 08/21/2015 01:02 PM, Michael Wisniewski wrote:
> >> Quick question about my setup and wonder if I'm doing something wrong
> >> or if that's just how MythTV is.  I have a HDHR Prime box with MythTV
> >> .27.
> >>
> >> To use an example, I'm watching a show on tuner 3 and choose to
> >> record it.  I flip to another channel, so now Tuner 3 is recording
> >> and Tuner 2 is watching another show.  If I flip back to the original
> >> program that is recording, I will be watching it on Tuner 2 and
> >> recording it on Tuner 3.
> >>
> >> Is this the correct setup?  I would think that in the above
> >> situation, it would let me watch and record on Tuner 3 while freeing
> >> tuners 1 and 2.  Just wondering if this is the correct setup or if
> >> I'm not doing something right.
> >
> > http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/479246#479246
> >
> > Mike
>
> Instead of flipping back to the original channel, the best policy in
> this case is to switch to your Recorded Programs and watch it there,
> while it is still recording. That way you are not tying up extra tuners
> nor are you making 2 recorded copies of the show.
>
>
Thank you for the information about this.  It's kind of weird that myth
wouldn't play the already recorded stream, but I'm glad to hear that I'm
not doing anything wrong.

Thanks,
Mike
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