[mythtv-users] Adding a second PVR-250

[Jon Kunze]

Sounds like an ivtv issue. Either that or you ran out of IRQ's for the
second card. Try turning off a unused port.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jon Kunze [mailto:jon99ut at gmail.com]
> Sent: Thursday, August 26, 2004 3:40 PM
> To: William
> Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Adding a second PVR-250
>
>
> On Wed, 25 Aug 2004 20:59:11 -0400, William
> <wmunson at rochester.rr.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> > > I've purchased another PVR-250, and I was wondering if
> there was any
> > > information/advice on installing a second capture card?
> What exactly
> > > is involve? Will it just plug and play or will I have to
> configure
> > > this card like I did the last one? Any advice/web sites would be
> > > great.
> > >
> > > I setup my MythTV Frontend/Backend on Fedora Core 1 using Jarod's
> > > Guide if this is any help. Thanks for any advice you can provide.
> > >
> >
> > Identical setup here. The card will detect and install by
> itself. I suggest
> > blowing away your existing card conifuration then re-add
> both cards. First
> > card is video0 and second is video1. The rest of the
> defaults are fine. In
> > the section where you link inputs to video sources, just
> define both cards
> > to the same source and it will pick the available card when
> recording.
> >
> >
>
> 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.

Ok, I posted to the ivtv forum, but have run into an even worse
problem now. I figured I'd post this problem to both lists to see if
anyone can help me quickly. I attempted to upgrade the ivtv drivers by
reading through Jarod's guide and using the command:

# apt-get update
# apt-get install kernel-module-ivtv-$MYKERNEL ivtv

I then rebooted and when it started Myth back up, and I go to WatchTV
I get a black screen the machine seems to hang. I either have to
reboot or Ctrl-Alt-Backspace to get out of it. I am still able to
watch previously recorded shows, just not capture new streams. Any
ideas on a way to fix this problem before moving on to trying to get
the second card running?