[mythtv-users] Adding a second PVR-250

[David George]

Jon Kunze wrote:

>Ok, I put the second 250 in, and booted the maching and it seems to
>hang shortly after detecting the card. It says something like:
>
>"Unreasonably low latency timer, setting to 64 (was 32)"
>and
>"Tuner(bttv): type forced to 2 (Philips NTSC (F11236, FM1236 and compatibles))
>
>After it prints that, the system just hangs right there. Any ideas? Do
>I need to setup the configuration before installing the card? Do I
>need to disable the FM tuner before installing it? It is a PVR-250MCE,
>but it is a revision that is said to be compatible.
>  
>
What version of ivtv are you using?  0.1.9 doesn't support and MCE and a 
non-MCE in the system.  I needed to use one of the ck versions (99e in 
my case) in order to support both card types.  Also, search the archives 
for ivtv and cardtype.  You may also want to search the ivtv maillist 
archives.

As long as it doesn't have the cx88 chip it should be ok.  No, you don't 
need to disable the FM tuner.  Also, don't worry about the low latency 
message, it is normal.  Weird that your Tuner says bttv.  That is a 
different driver.

If you still have troubles post a message on the ivtv list with the 
relevant dmesg output and lspci -v for the PVR-250's.  While there are a 
lot of ivtv users on this list, the ivtv list may be able to help also.

--
David