HDHomeRun channel lock

[pdc]

I am working on a raspberry pi 24/7 NextPVR v5 server, and I think I have everything set up and working. My tuner is a networked HDHomeRun Connect Quatro, Model: HDHR5-4US. 

I have a Windows NextPVR v4 server set up with the same recording schedule and configuration.

The first time I set up a scheduled recording on the raspi, it failed with:

Code:

Recording Error: No errors, but no data delivered. This is usually because the device failed to lock a signal.

Now since my Windows NextPVR v4 server is set up to run at the same time, I suspect they both tried to get tuner 0 and the raspi lost the race.

However, what I was expecting to have happened was the raspi would see that tuner 0 was in use and try tuner 1 instead. Both servers are time-synced so a race condition seems possible, but if the device fails to lock a signal is there some reason it doesn't try the next device?

I set up the raspi to use the opposite tuner order, starting with 3 and working down to 0, and that seems to be working. I'm just a little concerned that with four tuners available a recording failed and want to understand any limitations with sharing the tuner.

Thanks!

[mvallevand]

NextPVR expects it can manage the tuners you install

Martin

[sub]

Either run one server, or configure different tuners to be available in each app. You're going to have problems if they're both trying to use the same tuners at the same time.

[pdc]

NextPVR expects it can manage the tuners you install

Either run one server, or configure different tuners to be available in each app. You're going to have problems if they're both trying to use the same tuners at the same time.

Thanks, I will change the tuner allocation so they don't overlap as long as I am in "belt and suspenders" mode