[mythtv-users] 'Upcoming Recordings' screen: tuner identity

[Mike Bibbings]

On 12/11/2019 20:44, John Pilkington wrote:
> I put a comment about this in Ticket #13501, and was invited to ask on 
> a mailing list.  Here goes:
>
> I have 3 OTA multirec-capable hardware tuners on this box; sometimes 
> (trees, rain, wind, or when making several simultaneous recordings) 
> their outputs may get degraded, and I like to know and perhaps control 
> which device will be used for a planned recording.  The frontend 
> 'Upcoming Recordings' screen shows this.
>
> But when the recordings are in progress, the number (and the colour) 
> changes, showing a virtual tuner number instead.  It used to be 
> possible (though tedious) to have mythtv-setup create virtual tuner 
> numbers in blocks, say 1-5, 6-10, 11-15 with a clear relationship to 
> the hardware device, but I'm not sure if 'schedule as a group' will do 
> that.  I have the impression that the virtual tuner numbers will be 
> assigned as the need arises, so that there will no longer be a fixed 
> relationship.
>
> I know that highlighting in 'Watch Recordings' and hitting 'Info' 
> twice will show the 'Recording Input', which does look to be firmly 
> tied to the hardware.  Would it be better to display that identifier, 
> or the 'real' tuner number in 'Upcoming Recordings' ? Doing that would 
> also make it obvious when multirec was happening.
>
> If it matters, I'm using Myth-Center-Wide with a few minor tweaks.  I 
> don't think they are affecting this.
>
> John P
>

I have a quad card DVB-T/T2 for UK Freeview setup where inputs 1-10 are 
for tuner 1 named fv1, 11-20 for tuner 2, named fv2, 21-30, named fv3 
for tuner 3 and 31-40, named fv4 for tuner 4

In Upcoming Recording sscreen it shows for Myth Center Wide 1.7 the 
input  number on the right hand side of the screen, in Steppes it shows 
(fv<n>) on the left hand side of the screen).


I set it up as follows:

-Add first Capture Card

-Add Video Source, if required

-Input Connections give it a display name e.g. for tuner 1, I used fv1, 
tuner 2, fv2 and so on, set Video Source etc.

   and in  Interactions between inputs set Max Recordings to what you 
want, in your case 5 (never gets this high in reality), with Schedule as 
Group unchecked.

-Then add second Capture Card, do the Input Connections stuff.

-Then add 3rd Capture Card, do the Input Connections stuff.

-Then 4th Capture Card, do the Input Connections stuff.

You can safely do a Delete All Capture cards (not Delete Capture Cards 
on xxxx)  and then add the Capture Cards back in one at a time, all 
tuning data is held under the Video Source (so do not delete any Video 
Source).

As usual, you might want to do a database backup before doing any of the 
above, just in case.


Mike