[mythtv-users] Why does scheduled recording steal myPVRcardthat'sin use?

[Malcolm]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ed Wildgoose" <lists at wildgooses.com>
To: "Discussion about mythtv" <mythtv-users at mythtv.org>
Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2004 1:09 PM
Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Why does scheduled recording steal
myPVRcardthat'sin use?


> > Ahh that makes sense since you have two different quality capture cards.
> I
> > was wondering why you'd want it that way.  Since I have a 250 and a 350
it
> > really makes no difference to me which card it records on so I'd prefer
it
> > just grab the un-used card.
>
> The other reason you want it to grab a free card is in case you are half
way
> through a film (livetv), hit pause, go to answer the door, and come back
to
> find that it has ditched the contents of the ring buffer and you just
missed
> the end of the film....

Excellent point.  That would be very annoying :-)