Hello,<br>
I installed mythbuntu 11.10 and set up mythtv. I have a dual tuner card:
terratec cinergy t pcie dual. It was hard getting it to work properly,
but now it is done, <img src="http://www.mythtvtalk.com/images/smilies/smile.png" alt="" title="Smile" class="inlineimg" border="0"><br>
My question is about switching channels while seeing live TV. I have
observed that mythtv does not accomplish an automatic change of tuner in
order to execute a change of channel requested by user. Will explain
with an example:<br>
- Tuner 1 is busy recording. I am watching this same recorded channel, in a live TV session.<br>
- if I try to switch to a channel in the same multiplex, no problem, the
tuner must not be "touched" and channel change is accomplished. I am
still watching something that comes from tuner 1.<br>
- But if I try to change to a channel in a different multiplex the order
is not executed by mythtv, even if the second tuner is not in use. To
switch channel I have to first switch tuner (there is a live TV menu
option to do so) and after, once in the second tuner, switch to the
channel I want.<br> <br>
I have activated the option "use for live tv the less probable tuner to
be in use by a recording" or something like that. I think that the only
thing that makes this option is to use by default the "2nd tuner" when
you start a live tv session, while the recordings usually use "1st
tuner". Anyway, not sure. Someone able to confirm/correct? Anyway, I
think this option does not prevent the situation that I explained
before, only makes it less probable.<br> <br>
All in all, it seems to me a weird behaviour more related to hardware
concepts than to usability. If there is no option I will live with it,
but I am wondering how I am going to explain to my family what a
multiplex is and why it is so hard to switch channels...<br> <br>
So my final question is: can I configure it in a way that mythtv
switches the tuner automatically to accomplish a change of channel
ordered by user?<br clear="all"><br><br clear="all">Roger<br>