[mythtv-users] When watching live tv programs say they are being recorded, but are not there

Lee Maisel maisel at lobo.net
Sun Jul 19 02:45:11 UTC 2015


Thanks folks,

It was the order.   When I setup this new one months ago because the old 
one died, I had forgotten this little part!

Thanks again!

Lee


On 7/18/2015 7:02 AM, mythtv wrote:
> On 07/17/2015 01:28 PM, Hika van den Hoven wrote:
>> Hoi mythtv,
>>
>> Friday, July 17, 2015, 7:42:42 PM, you wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>> On 07/17/2015 11:15 AM, Hika van den Hoven wrote:
>>>> Hoi Lee,
>>>>
>>>> Friday, July 17, 2015, 5:49:45 PM, you wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> When we are watching live tv (VERY Rare) sometimes it will pop up a
>>>>> notice about changing to the recording channel,  sometimes not.   In any
>>>>> event, later I cannot find the scheduled recording!   Even if in the
>>>>> guide it claims to be recording at that moment!
>>>>> I have three HD Homerun units, so there is no need to switch from the
>>>>> live tv channel to record.  (plenty of tuners available)
>>>>> I must have something set up incorrectly.  Any Idea what I should look at?
>>>>> Thanks!!!
>>>>> Lee
>>>> I don't know what happens with your recording. But to prevent the
>>>> pop-up make sure the liveTV order in your input connections is the
>>>> reverse of the schedule order. So:
>>>>
>>>>          livetv order    schedule order
>>>>
>>>> Card1         1               3
>>>> Card2         2               2
>>>> Card3         3               1
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Tot mails,
>>>>    Hika                            mailto:hikavdh at gmail.com
>>>>
>>> I've been wondering about this and thinking of contributing code to make
>>> this better.  We often watch live TV and come across an instance where
>>> the show is scheduled to record on the HD-PVR that we're watching and
>>> displays the popup saying it wants to record something else.  I have two
>>> HD-PVRs.  Why can't the backend just record it on the other device
>>> that's currently not being used?  I don't know if it's possible, but
>>> can't the backend catch this conflict and re-run the scheduler to move
>>> the upcoming recording to a new device, assuming the channel is
>>> available on that device?  In my case, it almost always could record on
>>> the other device but we have to exit live tv and re-enter it which is
>>> cumbersome.
>>> I have adjusted the priorities of the inputs but we still run into this
>>> on a pretty regular basis.
>>> _______________________________________________
>> But that's exactly what those priorities should do. It however can
>> happen that another is still free but is scheduled to be used later.
>> This also depends on the priority on your schedules. First all
>> schedules with the highest priority are scheduled to the tuners with
>> the lowest scheduling priority that is not jet used and so on. If
>> livetv uses the tuner with the highest scheduling priority, chances of
>> conflict are lowest, but they still can arise. Letting the scheduler
>> run again then will make for very complex code and very probable if
>> you have set up priorities correct won't solve anything. If however
>> you add or delete to the schedule, scheduling is reevaluated.
>>
>>
>>
>> Tot mails,
>>    Hika                            mailto:hikavdh at gmail.com
>>
>> "Zonder hoop kun je niet leven
>> Zonder leven is er geen hoop
>> Het eeuwige dilemma
>> Zeker als je hoop moet vernietigen om te kunnen overleven!"
>>
>> De lerende Mens
>>
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> I understand the priorities, but there are cases where it causes a
> conflict.  I believe that when that case occurs, it should not be that
> difficult to move the recording to another available device.  Once I get
> a better understanding of the code base, I plan to try my hand at making
> that happen.  I just don't have the spare time that I wish I had.
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