[mythtv-users] Switching tuners if not recording

Phil Bridges gravityhammer at gmail.com
Tue Oct 14 19:05:39 UTC 2008


On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 2:57 PM, Brad DerManouelian
<myth at dermanouelian.com> wrote:
> On Oct 14, 2008, at 11:52 AM, Phil Bridges wrote:
>
>> On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 2:49 PM, Steve Nuffer <nuffersp at yahoo.com>
>> wrote:
>>> I currently have setup a HD Mythbackend (Firewire and a Tuner) and
>>> a Slave
>>> Backend (3 Tuner).
>>>
>>> I'm not as confident on the Firewire port to my cable company's box
>>> as I am
>>> with the other tuner cards.  Is there a way to check if a tuner is
>>> not
>>> recording a show properly to switch to another tuner?  Check disk
>>> space size
>>> as it records within the MySQL table, etc..?
>>>
>>> Other Options
>>>
>>> I use Power Search for my recording,  If the above is not possible,
>>> how can
>>> I have 1 power search record on two different tuners tuners until I'm
>>> comfortable.
>>>
>>
>> Why not make the Firewire recorder the lowest priority, so it gets
>> used last?
>
> Because when it works, it's the best. I have the same issue with my
> setup. I have 3 OTA HD tuners, 2 HD-PVR from Satellite and 1 PVR-350.
> OTA looks best, so that's my first choice, but if it's foggy out I
> lose reception and programs can/have become unwatchable which is a big
> disappointment. I've resorted to setting up specific rules for
> "important" programs so they record on both an OTA tuner and on one of
> my HD-PVR tuners, but there are one-off rules for specific shows, not
> something that could be implemented easily in a power search.
>
> They tell me digital reception will be better once they turn off
> analog and move the digital antennas up the tower in my area. I guess
> I'll just have to wait and see.
>

Interesting.  My QAM HDHRs look better than the equivalent firewire
recordings.  I keep my cable box as the lowest priority so I can get
the extra channels I don't get over unencrypted QAM.


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