Recording Quality - Will this Work?

[dadof4]

I have two HDHomerun tuners (1 device) and two HD-PVRs. I would like SageTV to always select one of the HDHomerun tuners, if available, to record some of my favorites.

I have set the HDHomerun tuners recording quality to "DVD Standard Play". I have also set some of my favorites to record at "DVD Standard Play" from a specific channel.

1. Does Sage actually use the recording quality setting as a determinate in selecting a tuner?

If so.....

2. Will SageTV honor the setup given an HDHomerun actually records the raw transport stream and is not affected by the tuner's recording quality in setup?


The reason I would like to do this is I would like my HD-PVRs to share some channels with the HDHomerun. I want to record from the HDHomerun first so the HD-PVRs will still be available for premium channels.

Thanks
Rich

[Beefcake550]

Look how to modify the encoder "merit". That's how I did it - in the sage.properties file.

higher number means sage will sue that tuner first if available and it recieves the channel to record.

[Taddeusz]

The recording quality setting does nothing to the HDHR. It directly captures the incoming stream without modification. No way to change quality.

[GKusnick]

He's not trying to change the recording quality. He's hoping that choosing a specific quality setting, even though it won't affect the recording, will affect the tuner selection algorithm.

My understanding is that it won't. Tuner selection is controlled by merit. There's no attempt to match tuners to programs based on quality settings. Rather, the tuner quality setting is just a fallback in case the favorite or manual recording does not specify a quality. (Similarly, if the tuner doesn't specify, then the global default quality is used.)

[Opus4]

There is a setting for this:
Detailed Setup -> Customize -> Enforce recording quality in schedule.

In v6.4.8, this defaults to "no" so that quality settings for Favs/Manual Recordings don't prevent recording them on the HD-PVR.

I would use the tuner merit property, but you could try this setting to block recording certain Favs on the HD-PVR. Just remember that you've changed the setting if/when you get conflicts & the HD-PVR is available, otherwise you may wonder why there is a conflict when a tuner looks like it could be used.

- Andy

[stanger89]

Originally Posted by GKusnick

My understanding is that it won't. Tuner selection is controlled by merit. There's no attempt to match tuners to programs based on quality settings. Rather, the tuner quality setting is just a fallback in case the favorite or manual recording does not specify a quality. (Similarly, if the tuner doesn't specify, then the global default quality is used.)

Actually Jeff told me that it "can", that (for example) specifying an H.264 encoding profile for a favorite will cause Sage to prefer H.264 capable encoders (ie HD PVR) for that favorite.

I'd guess though, that that logic is bypassed for digital tuners.

[dadof4]

Thanks All,

I have....

1. Set the merit property of the tuners.
2. Set the recording qualities for each tuner.
3. Set "Enforce recording quality in schedule" to "Yes".
4. Specified specific recording qualities for my favotites.

Your assistance is much appreciated.

Rich