[mythtv-users] Help needed for MultiRec

[Alan Ferrero]

> You've added and deleted tuners...they stay in the sql database to
> avoid conflict.

I'm afraid you're right, that's exactly what I did (several times,
regrettably...). :(

> If you want to 'clean' the database you'll have to delete the existing
> tuners, shut down mythtv-setup, shut down the mythbackend service,
> restart the mysql database, restart mythbackend, re run mythtv-setup
> and re-install the tuners.
> 
> Even using the above procedure it's sometimes not cleared them
> properly and I've resorted to manually going into the database and
> removing the tuner settings, while mythbackend was stopped of course.
> 
> I'd suggest doing this as keeping the tuners in a sensible order makes
> life easier later.

OK! :)

>  Also it's pretty unlikely you'll need more then 2
> multi rec tuners on a satellite feed because of the way the satellite
> mux's are set up.

Depends on the multiplex, I guess! :)
Some of them carriess more than just 2 channels (see:
http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/record_multiple_channels_from_one_multiplex#DVB-S_.28.22Freesat.22.29)

Thanks for the help! :)


Alan