continuing on my tests, I created the following timer sequence :
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#1 "e" at 10:09 on ITV3
#2 "b" at 10:11 on Vitaya
#3 "c" at 10:12 on BBC ONE
#4 "d" at 10:13 on NPO2
#5 "a" at 10:14 on BBC FIRST
as I have shown in the previous thread, this is the sequence which passes the timer sanity test. Now I am currently watching BBC FIRST, taking tuner "A" :
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the time is 10:09 and I see that tuner "B" is also in use, this is for recording #1 on ITV3.
at 10:13 I get a message saying that the tv switched to a recording service and the image switches to NPO2 :
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at 10:14 I get another message saying that the tv is switching to a recording service, but now the images stays black ! The service has switched to BBC FIRST, but the recording itself is not started :
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as you can see it's 10:15 and recording #5 is not active yet. Indeed, BBC FIRST is now displayed in grey on the channels list :;
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checking current recordings, I now see that tumer "I" which should be used for BBC FIRST is now assigned to Vitaya :
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so this is what happened :
I was watching BBC FIRST on tuner "A"
at 10:09 recording #1 took tuner "B" for ITV3
at 10:11 recording #2 took tuner "I" for Vitaya - I can still watch BBC FIRST on tuner "A"
at 10:12 recording #3 took tuner "C" for BBC ONE - I am still watching BBC FIRST on tuner "A"
at 10:13 recording #4 took tuner "A" for NPO2, and I got the "switching" popup, after which I get to watch NPO2
at 10:14 recording #5 should start, I get the "switching" popup and I get to watch BBC FIRST again, but now the image stays black as there is no free tuner any more for this service, and so the recording doesn't start at all.
so this is a reverse problem : a timer combination which is possible according to the timer sanity logic still seems to fail as enigma2 is assigning the wrong tuners to the wrong recordings.
enigma2 should have taken tuner "A" for the 10:11 recording on Vitaya. This should have left tuner "I" available for the 10:14 recording on BBC FIRST.
again, a tough nut to crack here .....