Sequential recordings - single tuner is used

[LesMcQueen]

Hi all.

I noticed what may be a problem with my 99.05 box last night.
I have two tuners. TWINHAN1 and TWINHAN2.

Last night, I recorded 4 programs, sequentially on the same channel.
I use 2 minutes pre-padding and 5 minutes post-padding

20:00-21:30 (19:58-21:35)Big Brother Live Launch Show
21:30-22:30 (21:28-22:35)Desperate Housewives
22:30-23:30 (22:28-23:35)Desperate Housewives
23:30-00:00 (23:28-00:05)Big Brother's Big Mouth

I would have expected the programs to have recorded alternately between both tuners, but in reality, only TWINHAN1 was used.

In my GBPVRRecordingService log, at the time the next recording should kick in, I see loads of these...

03/01/2007 21:28:00.765 VERBOSE [5] Schedule recording is allocated to a tuner that is currently in use.... Moving recording to another available capture source.
03/01/2007 21:28:00.765 VERBOSE [5] RecordingFactory.save()
03/01/2007 21:28:00.859 VERBOSE [5] Save(): Updated existing scheduled recording
03/01/2007 21:28:01.062 VERBOSE [5] Schedule recording is allocated to a tuner that is currently in use.... Moving recording to another available capture source.
03/01/2007 21:28:01.062 VERBOSE [5] RecordingFactory.save()
03/01/2007 21:28:01.156 VERBOSE [5] Save(): Updated existing scheduled recording

Until 21:30 when I get this...

03/01/2007 21:30:00.234 INFO [5] Found new programme requiring recording: Desperate Housewives
03/01/2007 21:30:00.234 INFO [5] Stopping existing recording on this capture source. (removing from currentlyRecording)
03/01/2007 21:30:00.234 VERBOSE [5] Stopping recording oid:1
03/01/2007 21:30:00.484 VERBOSE [5] RecordingFactory.save()
03/01/2007 21:30:00.578 VERBOSE [5] Save(): Updated existing scheduled recording

Both tuners _Will_ record at the same time, but for some reason won't alternate when the times are sequential.
I'm pretty sure I've seen this work at some point in the past.

Is this expected behaviour, or do I have a problem?

Hope you can help.

[LesMcQueen]

...slaps forehead - Hard! Whilst looking through my logs, I find reference to this in the recording Service startup.

PreferAlternatingCaptureSources = false/true

As long as I'm aware and can change my pre+post padding settings, setting this to 'true' is a better option for me.

Thanks to all those that looked in and a big thanks to Sub - GB-PVR was an absolute life-saver this Christmas - It didn't miss a thing!