On 16/02/2024 18:15, Theo wrote:
> NY <m...@privacy.invalid> wrote:
>> You'd think that GetiPlayer would be publicising either that there will be no effect or else that they are scratching their heads trying to think of a workaround.
That's a problem with a lot of free software - they are not very
responsive to suggestions or bug reports.
I use a package called TVHeadend as a personal video recorder (PVR) on
my Raspberry Pi. It is very good but has one glaring weakness: if you
schedule recordings that overlap and you have insufficient tuners to
service those recordings, it only tells you (using an "up yours" type of
response) at the instant that it tries to make the recording which
fails, instead of at the time when you request the programmes and are
therefore at the computer.
I suggested an enhancement request that they validate the recordings at
the time that they are requested, based on the number of overlapping
programmes and the rules for which tuners will be used for each. I was
rather miffed that my request was closed as "impossible to do" (and "you
are stupid even to ask for it") because there are some circumstances
when this may be true (with SatIP recordings), even if other software
(eg NextPVR) manages it perfectly well. So they say "we won't perform
the check for anyone because it can't be done for a few people".