# DVR - Tuner Priority

**URL:** https://forums.plex.tv/t/dvr-tuner-priority/562763
**Category:** Live TV & DVR
**Tags:** livetv-dvr
**Created:** [March 27, 2020, 2:32pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/dvr-tuner-priority/562763 "2020-03-27T14:32:28Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author: ![DJ-BrianC](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/dj-brianc/32/81840_2.png) [@DJ-BrianC](https://forums.plex.tv/u/DJ-BrianC)
#### Post date: [March 27, 2020, 2:32pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/dvr-tuner-priority/562763/1 "2020-03-27T14:32:28Z")

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Couple questions:

1. Can tuner be prioritized? I have an extend and a connect. It seems the connect is always the first to be used. Clearly the extend should be the go to tuner.

2. If I have two people on live tv and a scheduled record is about to begin can we bump a viewer to make room for the recording or do we just miss the recording?

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### Author: ![DaveBinM](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/davebinm/32/9984_2.png) [@DaveBinM](https://forums.plex.tv/u/DaveBinM)
#### Post date: [March 30, 2020, 11:57pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/dvr-tuner-priority/562763/2 "2020-03-30T23:57:43Z")

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There is no way to prioritise the tuners. If you have two viewers, and a recording is coming up, you’ll be prompted to pick an option to record or keep watching.

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### Author: ![DJ-BrianC](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/dj-brianc/32/81840_2.png) [@DJ-BrianC](https://forums.plex.tv/u/DJ-BrianC)
#### Post date: [March 31, 2020, 12:09am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/dvr-tuner-priority/562763/3 "2020-03-31T00:09:30Z")

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That I knew. I was hoping there was a way to have the better tuner be default.

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### Author: ![DJ-BrianC](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/dj-brianc/32/81840_2.png) [@DJ-BrianC](https://forums.plex.tv/u/DJ-BrianC)
#### Post date: [March 31, 2020, 12:10am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/dvr-tuner-priority/562763/4 "2020-03-31T00:10:51Z")

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What about scheduled recording? If people have used all tuners is there a way to automatically bump one so the recording isn’t missed?

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### Author: ![DaveBinM](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/davebinm/32/9984_2.png) [@DaveBinM](https://forums.plex.tv/u/DaveBinM)
#### Post date: [March 31, 2020, 2:34am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/dvr-tuner-priority/562763/5 "2020-03-31T02:34:52Z")

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Not automatically, I’m afraid

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### Author: ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)
#### Post date: [June 29, 2020, 2:44am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/dvr-tuner-priority/562763/6 "2020-06-29T02:44:33Z")

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