[mythtv] Scheduler improment idea's

[Michael T. Dean]

David Shirley wrote:

>Hi All,
>
>Now that I have added a 2nd tuner to my machine I have had some
>problems with the mythtv scheduler.
>
>1) As I described in another email thread (probably off topic hence
>this thread) when 1 tuner card is already recording a channel and
>there is a show to be recorded immediately following the current show
>then I would have thought the same tuner card should be used to record
>that show as well - unless of course tuner 2 is going to be recording
>something else (higher priority or unavailable on other inputs)
>
>2) Because a lot of the channels in Australia can't get their schedule
>sorted out a lot of show's run overtime - I have used the record
>overtime function in mythtv, however as the description says this
>doesn't affect the scheduler. The problem I have is that in a dual
>tuner setup i think the scheduler should pick the most unused (or
>least recently used) tuner as the next tuner to record with.
>
>I hope that all made sense - I also hope these havn't been covered
>before. I did attempt to have a look at the scheduler but as I am sure
>you are aware its hard for someone without prior knowledge to just
>jump in :)
>
>Cheers
>Dave
>  
>
http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/dev/151647#151647

and then

http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/dev/154079#154079

Mike