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Advanced DVR notes and options
When using multiple DVR storage devices
which "record engine" will record
Generally whichever record engine has the most free space will do the recording.
If a record engine is already recording the channel and the new recording overlaps due to padding then this record engine will do the overlapping recording if it can. This allows a single tuner to be used for overlapping recordings on the same channel.
If a record engine reaches its concurrent stream limit then another record engine will take over additional concurrent streams. The default limit is 16 for Windows/Mac/Linux/BSD.
Additional notes
The StorageID in the conf file must be specified (and must be unique). The record engine will automatically create and add a StorageID to the conf file if it has write access to the file. Normally, this should happen automatically.
To limit the number of concurrent recordings set RecordStreamsMax in the conf file (registry on Windows). Once this limit is reached another record engine will take over additional concurrent recordings. The default/max is 16.
When using multiple HDHomeRun tuners
which box will be recorded from when the same channel exists on more than one HDHomeRun box
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