[mythtv-users] LiveTV conflicts with scheduled recording - despite unused tuners on the same box!

[David Brodbeck]

Michael T. Dean wrote:
> And, as for sports, schedule them to record, too.  /If/ you happen to 
> be home when the game starts /and/ you happen to have all your snacks 
> ready to go and all your friends showed up on time and ..., then go 
> ahead and watch it as it records.
That works until the game enters extra innings.  Then you get to miss 
the ending, unless you use LiveTV.  (Unless there's a way to extend a 
recording "on the fly" that I don't know about.)

> ...and, even though I have 4 free inputs--I can't be bothered to exit 
> LiveTV and re-enter it...
What I wonder is why Myth isn't smart enough, if an input is in use, to 
check whether the same channel is available on another input instead of 
forcing the user to bail out.  This could be useful in other situations, 
too -- e.g., if the input fails to gain a lock, or if the channel change 
script fails, it'd be nice to have the recording "fail over" to another 
input.