[mythtv-users] livetv vs recordings tuner use

[John Finlay]

Marc Randolph wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 31, 2008 at 4:56 PM, John Finlay <finlay at moeraki.com> wrote:
>   
>>  >>>> I started a livetv session by mishandling the remote when the tv was off
>>  >>>> and so it was recording for a few hours. Meanwhile I had set up mythtv
>>  >>>> to record a program during that time period. I noticed that the
>>  >>>> recording didn't happen because the tuner was in use with the livetv. I
>>  >>>> have two identical tuners and at the time the other wasn't being used. I
>>  >>>> would have expected mythtv by default to notice that the other tuner
>>  >>>> wasn't being used and was capable of recording the program and then
>>  >>>> switched to using the other tuner. Is there a setting to allow that
>>  >>>> behavior?
>>  >>>>
>>  >>>> I'm using mythbuntu with 20.2.
>>  >>>>
>>  >>>> John
>>  So it should have recorded the program if the LiveTV question timed out.
>>  Looking at the log I can see:
>>
>>  2008-03-31 00:59:29.334 TVRec(12): ASK_RECORDING 12 29 0
>>  2008-03-31 01:00:02.372 Started recording: The Shield "Haunts": channel
>>  1131 on cardid 12, sourceid 1
>>
>>  So it claims to have changed the channel and started the recording but
>>  it actually didn't. It just kept on recording on the same channel. I'm
>>  using a PCHD5500 so maybe there is some weird interaction there or just
>>  a bug. Also I would have expected it to switch to the unused tuner
>>  instead of just stopping the LiveTV but if the default had worked it
>>  would have OK. So what's the best way to figure out why it didn't do
>>  what it claimed it was doing?
>>     
>
> I'm too am still running Mythbuntu 0.20.2 (not for much longer!) and I
> get some sort of perverse pleasure from watching the system pop-up the
> "I'm about to record a show on a different channel" deal and then
> automatically change the channel - so I know it works.
>
> Is channel changing ever unreliable for you?
>   
I have noticed an infrequent problem where a recording is not made but 
the log indicates that recording was started and stopped but no error 
messages. One of those was due to bad reception; the others I don't know.

Thanks

John