[mythtvnz] Recording two channels from one multiplex

[Paul Kendall]

On Thu, Jun 21, 2012 at 6:05 PM, Steve Hodge <stevehodge at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 21, 2012 at 4:32 PM, Worik Stanton <worik.stanton at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> On 21/06/12 16:22, Paul Kendall wrote:
>>>>
>>>> So I should be able to record all the channels from the multiplex
>>>> >  simultaneously.
>>>> >
>>>> >  Do I have to do anything to set that up?  How do I find out how?
>>>
>>> On the backend setup (mythtv-setup) you need to set the number of virtual
>>> tuners
>>> to the number of simultaneous recordings you need from a single
>>> multiplex.
>>
>> Thanks.   That is very helpful
>>
>> But, err..., how many recordings do I need from a single multiplex?  I
>> want them all.  I have eleven channels on mplexid==6, but I think that is an
>> error
>
>
> Do you ever record from all 11 channel simultaneously? I guessing not.
>
> Set the number of virtual tuners to the number of simultaneous recordings
> you want to do from a single multiplex (keeping in mind any overlap that
> could be caused by starting recordings early or ending them late). The
> number of recordings you can do will be limited by your system, particularly
> disk access and possibly the database. You might have to experiment to see
> what your system can handle. But I doubt you'd have any problems doing 4 or
> 5 simultaneous recordings and that is likely to be more than enough.
>
> Cheers,
> Steve
>

Exactly, I personally have 3 tuners each set to allow up to 5
recordings (the maximum)
but haven't had more than 4 recordings at one time on all tuners
(other than when
testing) because there's never that much on telly that I would want!

Cheers,
Paul