2017-01-28, 02:44 AM
I have the following questions about NextPVR's tuner management system, which I wish I could have more control over:
Why can't NextPVR automatically record back-to-back shows on the same channel using the same tuner?
Why does NextPVR neglect available tuners and instead record shows on different channels on the same tuner, even when there's an available tuner right freaking there that it doesn't seem to notice?
You know, on the SiliconDust HDHomeRun Prime, this basically screws up the previous show if it had post-padding, rendering it completely unplayable by NextPVR and its Kodi client. This makes me very Very VERY Angry, especially for one time only specials and shows that air episodes only once and never again. :mad:
Why can't I have direct access to this asinine hidden "priority" system that it uses to basically play roulette with the tuners? When it plays roulette with the tuners, it's playing Russian roulette with my recordings. I want to at least be able to manually set it to so that it does record back-to-back on the same tuner and doesn't screw up shows and render them unplayable or cut off their endings that post-padding is needed to compensate for.
I'm sorry, but I'm just disgusted at this point at how poorly coded the tuner management system is. I don't want to hear excuses about the complexities of the padding system if it's just going to ignore that padding altogether, screwing up recordings in the process out of its own stupidity.
I can't believe that a global level system can't be put in place that could simply check what channels tuners are currently locked on to in order to ensure that back-to-back shows are recorded on the same tuner, and check to make sure there are tuners available before recording different channels on the same tuner and ruining recordings in the process.
At the very least, I want to be able to manually set the "priorities" that are responsible for the moronic behavior of the system so that I can at least mitigate some of its destruction of my recordings.
I don't want to constantly babysit the system every hour and be ready to rapidly remove post-padding from recordings to prevent them from being FUBARed because another show on a different channel starts recording before the previous one finishes recording.
I don't want to have to sit for hours cancelling and resetting scheduled recordings in different combinations in order to get their hidden "priorities" right to make sure that back-to-back recordings record on the same tuner.
I am really sick and tired of this sorry excuse for a tuner management system and I'm willing to bet good money that if I had access to the code behind it, I could rewrite that code to work better than it does now. Since I don't have access to this code, all I can do is appeal to the people who do have access to at least make an attempt to code it better, because I hate seeing my recordings ruined by its absolutely idiotic behavior.
Why can't NextPVR automatically record back-to-back shows on the same channel using the same tuner?
Why does NextPVR neglect available tuners and instead record shows on different channels on the same tuner, even when there's an available tuner right freaking there that it doesn't seem to notice?
You know, on the SiliconDust HDHomeRun Prime, this basically screws up the previous show if it had post-padding, rendering it completely unplayable by NextPVR and its Kodi client. This makes me very Very VERY Angry, especially for one time only specials and shows that air episodes only once and never again. :mad:
Why can't I have direct access to this asinine hidden "priority" system that it uses to basically play roulette with the tuners? When it plays roulette with the tuners, it's playing Russian roulette with my recordings. I want to at least be able to manually set it to so that it does record back-to-back on the same tuner and doesn't screw up shows and render them unplayable or cut off their endings that post-padding is needed to compensate for.
I'm sorry, but I'm just disgusted at this point at how poorly coded the tuner management system is. I don't want to hear excuses about the complexities of the padding system if it's just going to ignore that padding altogether, screwing up recordings in the process out of its own stupidity.
I can't believe that a global level system can't be put in place that could simply check what channels tuners are currently locked on to in order to ensure that back-to-back shows are recorded on the same tuner, and check to make sure there are tuners available before recording different channels on the same tuner and ruining recordings in the process.
At the very least, I want to be able to manually set the "priorities" that are responsible for the moronic behavior of the system so that I can at least mitigate some of its destruction of my recordings.
I don't want to constantly babysit the system every hour and be ready to rapidly remove post-padding from recordings to prevent them from being FUBARed because another show on a different channel starts recording before the previous one finishes recording.
I don't want to have to sit for hours cancelling and resetting scheduled recordings in different combinations in order to get their hidden "priorities" right to make sure that back-to-back recordings record on the same tuner.
I am really sick and tired of this sorry excuse for a tuner management system and I'm willing to bet good money that if I had access to the code behind it, I could rewrite that code to work better than it does now. Since I don't have access to this code, all I can do is appeal to the people who do have access to at least make an attempt to code it better, because I hate seeing my recordings ruined by its absolutely idiotic behavior.
