[mythtv-users] Enabling multirec borks usability a bit.

[mugginz]

On Tue, 20 Apr 2010 03:54:25 am Richard Morton wrote:
> On 19 April 2010 18:51, Richard Morton <richard.e.morton at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On 19 April 2010 17:52, mugginz <feed.mugginz at internode.on.net> wrote:
> >>> I would have thought that the behaviour you described above is exactly
> >>> as expected. You have three tuners, you went and started three
> >>> recordings. This meant that each tuner grabbed and locked the mux that
> >>> contained the channel it was recording. I can't see any way you can
> >>> then access a channel that's not on one of the three muxes currently
> >>> being used. That's exactly the way that multirec is supposed to work.
> >>> 
> >>> Don't forget, your 'virtual tuner' which is the extra tuner you
> >>> configured is just a happenstance extra benefit of the fact that each
> >>> tuned mux contains a number of channels.  Once a mux is selected by
> >>> the hardware, that's the limit of availability for that physical
> >>> tuner.
> >> 
> >> No, that's not what I'm getting at.  The three tuners are all tied up
> >> and was able to switch between the muxes momentarily.
> >> 
> >> Tuner 1 - Channel 7 - Various other channels available from this mux
> >> Tuner 2 - Channel 9 - ditto
> >> Tuner 3 - Channel 10 - ditto
> >> 
> >> 
> >> I should be able to switch between any channel from the muxes sitting on
> >> each of the tuners.  So, any channel available from the muxes that
> >> transmit channels 7, 9 and 10.
> >> 
> >> After loading up each of the tuners with recordings I was able to make
> >> one correct switch.  When selecting channel 2 (which isn't available
> >> from either of the three muxes sitting on the tuners) it correctly
> >> selected the closest channel that was available.  But then I couldn't
> >> select a channel from one of the other muxes without manually selecting
> >> another input first.  It decided to lock itself to just the mux that
> >> channel 7 was transmitting on.
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> > I agree in an ideal world; but we never watch livetv after a period of
> > aclimatising to a proper DVR... even the news and sports are recorded.
> > admittedly we do have 2.5TB total to play around with...
> 
> I should have also said, visitors impression of MythTV is a little
> compromised because of this behaviour and I think it has put off a
> couple of mates, one who writes code for (a very well known)
> commercial digital tv encoders and muxers, from installing MythTV.
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It's the little (or not so little depending on your point of view) things like 
this that stop a few people I know from setting up MythTV.  Not to mention the 
nightmare that is initial config (but at least with practice becomes easier).  
I probably should at least try helping out in the coding department though if 
I want the issues that annoy me to get fixed.