Matthias Schniedermeyer wrote: > Stefan Huelswitt wrote: >> Hi, >> I'm playing around with 1.5.0 >> Initialy I wasn't able to tune to any channel. Even for FTA vdr >> kept saying "not available". >> It took me nearly an hour to find the reason for that: >> I had set PrimaryLimit=20 >> I have this setting since ages, but cannot say why anymore. >> >> I found that vdr runs with PrimaryLimit=0 only. >> >> So my question is: what is the meaning of PrimaryLimit if there >> is exactly one setting which makes vdr operable? >> >> FYI: I think the change is in cDevice::SetChannel(), line 674. >> In the GetDevice() call the priority was Setup.PrimaryLimit, now >> is 0. > > The (at least original) meaning is to prevent a recording with the > Primary Device, in a multi card setup, with a too low priority. > > At least when i proposed that option many years ago a recording on the > primary Device effectively prevented live-viewing, even in a multi-card > setup. So with this option it could be made sure that a low priority > recording would be recorded with a secondary card, or not at all. > > AFAICT that isn't a problem anymore, because of Transfer Mode. But i > personally only have multiple single-card systems so i can't check it. > (And i haven't looked anything "live" for years) > > So my guess would be that this option can be erased. Actually the PrimaryLimit is about to be removed completely. Klaus
