[mythtv-users] Scheduler crazymaking

Joseph Fry joe at thefrys.com
Fri Apr 19 20:41:37 UTC 2013


> I'm using v0.25.3 as packaged by atrpms for Fedora.  My setup contains a
> HDHomeRun Prime with six tuners and two Fios cable cards.  I have one
> video source defined for Fios, and all six tuners are connected to that
> video source.  None of the card inputs have a priority associated with
> them, nor do any of the channels, nor do any of the recordings.
>
>   mysql> SELECT sourceid,name FROM videosource;
>   +----------+--------------+
>   | sourceid | name         |
>   +----------+--------------+
>   |        1 | Verizon Fios |
>   +----------+--------------+
>   1 row in set (0.00 sec)
>   mysql> SELECT * FROM cardinput WHERE sourceid!=1;
>   Empty set (0.00 sec)
>
>   mysql> SELECT * FROM cardinput WHERE recpriority!=0;
>   Empty set (0.00 sec)
>   mysql> SELECT * FROM channel WHERE recpriority!=0;
>   Empty set (0.00 sec)
>   mysql> SELECT * FROM record WHERE recpriority!=0;
>   Empty set (0.00 sec)
>
> Even so, mythtv insists that there is a scheduling conflict between two
> shows: Castle and Defiance.  It decides that on the 22nd, Defiance at
> 21:00-22:00 conflicts with Castle at 22:01-23:00.  It decides to record
> Castle, bump Defiance til later, and leave five tuners sitting idle.
> Oddly enough, the following week the tv listings are the same but mythtv
> decides that it can record both of these shows using the same tuner.
> (Possibly because the reruns of that episode of Defiance don't yet show
> in the listings?)  I've posted the output of 'mythbackend --printsched'
> to http://www.dhampton.net/mythtv-schedule.txt (instead of including it
> inline since its 475 lines long).  The only other thing I can think of
> that might be relevant is that I have both the global preroll and
> overrecord settings set to 120 second, as the networks seems to be
> playing with show start times.
>
> My question is why anything is getting bumped when I have six identical
> tuners to choose from when recording?  If any more information is needed
> to help figure this out, please let me know.
>

What are your tuner order settings for recordings and live tv.

It's possible you set something funny in there?  Do you have other shows
that record fine across your tuners, or do all of your shows record off
that one tuner?
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