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More => Old Versions => Media Center 17 => Topic started by: eapool on October 25, 2011, 08:02:06 pm

Title: [Feature Request] - ability to choose which tuner(s) to record with
Post by: eapool on October 25, 2011, 08:02:06 pm

I think I have seen this requested before, but with the new focus on TV, I thought I would bring it up again.  I would love the ability to chose which tuner or a pool of tuners to record with.  Here is my specific situation, but I am sure there are others.  Currently, I have 4 tuners to record OTA broadcasts.  I am thinking about adding cable or satelitte feed and new tuner so that we can watch/ record ESPN, HGTV, etc.  However, if I do add a new tuner and box for the cable/ satellite broadcasts, I don't see anyway to indicate which tuner to use to record. 

Alex

Title: Re: [Feature Request] - ability to choose which tuner(s) to record with
Post by: imugli on October 25, 2011, 08:10:20 pm

If you set the cable box up as an input to your tuner card, MC should automatically select the card it's attched to.

Title: Re: [Feature Request] - ability to choose which tuner(s) to record with
Post by: eapool on October 25, 2011, 08:24:41 pm

So, if I have CBS, ABC, NBC, and FOX setup on my four OTA tuners and I add a new tuner that is connected to the cable box, MC will 'know' not to record CBS on the new tuner, because I might want to watch ESPN while I am recording CBS?

EDIT - I think I get it.  It looks like when I scan for channels, it is done by tuner (I don't remember doing this but it was a while ago), so when I schedule the recording, it will know that ESPN is only available on the one tuner and CBS (OTA) is only available on the other four.  Is this true?

Thanks,

Alex