Card Prioirty - Recording and Viewing

Spoonfed · 2008-02-20, 21:00

Trying to understand the card priority setup in MP.

I have 4 tuners with the cards
Aver
Compro
Dvico (dual 4)

As the Aver is by far the best on channel change I use that for live viewing and want to reserve it for this.
I want the Aver ONLY to record when all other cards have been used for recording, yet to have it as top priority for viewing (so always available unless it has been required for a recording)

Logic would organise something like this
Aver Priority 10 - View TV true - Record true
Compro Priority 5 - View TV false - Record true
Dvico A prioirty 4 - View TV false - Record true
Dvico B prioirty 3 - View TV false - Record true

However what happens in this instance is the Aver is always used to record first, I assume as its priority is highest.
Easy you say, just put its priority to the lowest and it will record last. The problem with this is the View False check's on the other three tuners are totally ignored, so whatever the highest priority card is then used for viewing, even if the Aver is not in use for capture.
Note: The way I think I have tested this is to simply be on a channel viewing then it 'record', I just realised I should probably test with a schedule recording

Maybe there needs to be a seperate prioirty for viewing an recording, though not really necessary if the view "false/true" flags seemed to be enforced. (the record false flag is).

pnyberg · 2008-02-20, 21:09

Well yes I agree with you, it is not really intuitive...

And also as you can see in my signature I also would like to have a separate card priority for recordings (which is not possible at the moment.).

But I do think there is a "feature freeze" on the current TVE3 version - there is only bug fixing/hunting going on right now.

But you can still hope

Spoonfed · 2008-03-01, 00:41

digging this up again (as the difference in channel change is annoying me on some of the cards in the system).

So as it certainly seems there is no way to have 1 card always view but only ever capture as a last resort. (all the combos i've tried seems not).

However it seems sort of a bug to me. The check box to use the card or not for viewing has no effect on anthing

.

Ie if i have a Card set as lowest priority BUT to record and to view TV, and all other cards "checked" to record (not view) one would assume as TV starts that viewing should occur on the viewing "checked" card, instead it starts on the highest piroity card.

If this feature worked you could leave the card that one wants to view TV on, 'checked' for record and view, but at lowest prioirty, as such when a scheduled recording occurs any other card with highest prioirty and recording "checked" will be used (i fell this should even apply if u are currently live viewing the channel scheduled before the capture starts, still leaving this 'viewing' card for channel surfing until there is no option but to use it for recording)

In the above instance, if viewing was required, all other cards should be ignored (as the viewing is 'unchecked') and the card with viewing 'checked' should be used.

Does this sound correct? If so does anyone know if a bug report has been logged for this.

2008-02-20, 21:00	#1 (permalink)
Spoonfed Portal Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Age: 30 Posts: 12 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Country:	Card Prioirty - Recording and Viewing Trying to understand the card priority setup in MP. I have 4 tuners with the cards Aver Compro Dvico (dual 4) As the Aver is by far the best on channel change I use that for live viewing and want to reserve it for this. I want the Aver ONLY to record when all other cards have been used for recording, yet to have it as top priority for viewing (so always available unless it has been required for a recording) Logic would organise something like this Aver Priority 10 - View TV true - Record true Compro Priority 5 - View TV false - Record true Dvico A prioirty 4 - View TV false - Record true Dvico B prioirty 3 - View TV false - Record true However what happens in this instance is the Aver is always used to record first, I assume as its priority is highest. Easy you say, just put its priority to the lowest and it will record last. The problem with this is the View False check's on the other three tuners are totally ignored, so whatever the highest priority card is then used for viewing, even if the Aver is not in use for capture. Note: The way I think I have tested this is to simply be on a channel viewing then it 'record', I just realised I should probably test with a schedule recording Maybe there needs to be a seperate prioirty for viewing an recording, though not really necessary if the view "false/true" flags seemed to be enforced. (the record false flag is).

2008-02-20, 21:09	#2 (permalink)
pnyberg Portal Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Stockholm Age: 37 Posts: 231 Thanks: 9 Thanked 5 Times in 5 Posts Country: My System	Well yes I agree with you, it is not really intuitive... And also as you can see in my signature I also would like to have a separate card priority for recordings (which is not possible at the moment.). But I do think there is a "feature freeze" on the current TVE3 version - there is only bug fixing/hunting going on right now. But you can still hope __________________ Most wanted feature(s) in MP/TVE3: [TV Card priority when recording]

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2008-03-01, 00:41	#3 (permalink)
Spoonfed Portal Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Age: 30 Posts: 12 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Country:	digging this up again (as the difference in channel change is annoying me on some of the cards in the system). So as it certainly seems there is no way to have 1 card always view but only ever capture as a last resort. (all the combos i've tried seems not). However it seems sort of a bug to me. The check box to use the card or not for viewing has no effect on anthing . Ie if i have a Card set as lowest priority BUT to record and to view TV, and all other cards "checked" to record (not view) one would assume as TV starts that viewing should occur on the viewing "checked" card, instead it starts on the highest piroity card. If this feature worked you could leave the card that one wants to view TV on, 'checked' for record and view, but at lowest prioirty, as such when a scheduled recording occurs any other card with highest prioirty and recording "checked" will be used (i fell this should even apply if u are currently live viewing the channel scheduled before the capture starts, still leaving this 'viewing' card for channel surfing until there is no option but to use it for recording) In the above instance, if viewing was required, all other cards should be ignored (as the viewing is 'unchecked') and the card with viewing 'checked' should be used. Does this sound correct? If so does anyone know if a bug report has been logged for this.