mtdean at thirdcontact
Aug 31, 2006, 6:02 PM
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On 08/31/06 20:30, mythtv[at]timekiller.org wrote:
> I'll cut straight to the meat of my problem. I have a backend box
> connected to a 62xx motorola cable box. I use firewire to record any
> unencrypted channels I can. I also set up a second input/video source
> for all te channels I can't get over firewire. The second input uses
> S-Video, and I setup my zap2it accounts so no channel exists on BOTH
> inputs
>
> Now here's my problem:
> The backend sees this as 2 separate tuners, even though they are
> connected to the same device. Obviously this is a problem if say, I
> want to record something on channel 5, and on HBO simultaniously :)
> What ,happens is a race condition where the box gets 2 channel change
> commands, and tries to record off both firewire, and S-Video.
>
> I figure I'm not the first to have this issue, and am curious how
> others have dealt with it. I am thinking about making a channel change
> wrapper that checks the status of the other tuner, and exits with
> status code 1 if the tuner is in use. But if 2 recordings start at the
> same time, it will still have the same race condition !
I'm pretty sure the only way to deal with it currently is to get a
separate (dedicated) STB for each source. There was talking of adding
an ability to specify a usage scenario like this, but it won't be in 0.20.
Mike
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