How to quickly check multiple tuners?

[erik]

Sorry for this stupid question.
How can I check if, in a multi PVR150 setup, if each of the PVR150's is configured correctly?
I assume the first one is used by live TV, that goes quick.
When I start a recording without live TV active, will that allocate the first PVR150, so when I then start Live TV the second tuner will be used?

[stefan]

IIRC, when recording the tuners are used from the top down, and when watching live tv the tuners are used from bottom up. Is that what you are asking?

[erik]

So, is this what will happen?

No recording
Live TV: tuner 2

One recording: Tuner 1
Live TV: tuner 2

How to get live TV from tuner 1 to check the channel settings?

[stefan]

Disable channel X on tuner 1 (checkbox in the config app). Make a recording on channel X. It will then record on tuner 2. Then watch live tv. It will use tuner 1.

[stefan]

(You will of course not be able to check channel settings for channel X with my approach, you'd need to enable that channel and disable another one for that... but I think you understand that )

[erik]

Nice trick, for the Wiki?

[stefan]

Oh, i thought that was just common sense

[erik]

Is this tuner allocation strategy documented somewhere?

[whurlston]

Is this tuner allocation strategy documented somewhere?

It's been mentioned several times in the forums. Don't know if it's actually documented (as in wiki).

[stefan]

Yes, and it's actually a little bit more complicated than that. Things can get moved around to try to adjust for paddings and stuff, so it's not an absolute truth...