I noticed when I add an HDHomerun tuner in V31 mythtv-setup I pick which
HDHR physical device I want by IP and I seem to be able to select all of
them it finds on the network.
So I'm guessing that if I want to have 6 tuners available I can create 6
tuners in mythtv-setup and select the IP for my HDHR Quatro and Duo. I also
deselect the Active EIT scanning so the tuners are not constantly in use
since I'm using XMLTV EPG.
I'm guessing it creates a pool of tuners to select from, and at record
time if one is busy it moves on to another tuner either on the same device
or the next HDHR.
If all the HDHR devices are connected to the same OTA antenna and receive
the same channels then only one SchedulesDirect Video Source using a XMLTV
grabber is needed.
I'll need 6 Input connections matching the Video source to the tuners.
I also increase the number of simultaneous recordings to 2. I think this
helps if I'm recording back to back shows on the same channel with one
recording overlapping the other by a minute or so. I think this saves a
physical tuner.
From what I understand because mythtv v31 uses the TCP communication method
instead of the older UDP method of talking to the HDHR, as long as the
maximum number of tuners don't exceed 6 in my case, other devices like an
iPad running the HDHR app will all share without issue.
So do I have this understanding about Mythtv v31 and HDHR right??
My testing says it does, but it's a lot of testing to confirm all of this.
Jim A
HDHR physical device I want by IP and I seem to be able to select all of
them it finds on the network.
So I'm guessing that if I want to have 6 tuners available I can create 6
tuners in mythtv-setup and select the IP for my HDHR Quatro and Duo. I also
deselect the Active EIT scanning so the tuners are not constantly in use
since I'm using XMLTV EPG.
I'm guessing it creates a pool of tuners to select from, and at record
time if one is busy it moves on to another tuner either on the same device
or the next HDHR.
If all the HDHR devices are connected to the same OTA antenna and receive
the same channels then only one SchedulesDirect Video Source using a XMLTV
grabber is needed.
I'll need 6 Input connections matching the Video source to the tuners.
I also increase the number of simultaneous recordings to 2. I think this
helps if I'm recording back to back shows on the same channel with one
recording overlapping the other by a minute or so. I think this saves a
physical tuner.
From what I understand because mythtv v31 uses the TCP communication method
instead of the older UDP method of talking to the HDHR, as long as the
maximum number of tuners don't exceed 6 in my case, other devices like an
iPad running the HDHR app will all share without issue.
So do I have this understanding about Mythtv v31 and HDHR right??
My testing says it does, but it's a lot of testing to confirm all of this.
Jim A