[mythtv-users] Qucik Slave Backend Tuner Card Setup Question

[Jarod C. Wilson]

On Feb 15, 2004, at 18:07, Aleaxander wrote:

> Jarod C. Wilson wrote:
>
>> On Feb 15, 2004, at 16:48, Aleaxander wrote:
>>> Just reinstalled MythTV on what I plan to make a Slave  
>>> Backend/Frontend with a pvr-250 tuner card in it.  The Master  
>>> Backend/Frontend has a pvr-250 in it as well and is working fine.   
>>> This may be a dumb question, but where do I define the pvr-250 card  
>>> in the the Slave Backend as the second card to record with?  I've  
>>> looked through the docs and done several searches, but I can't find  
>>> clear information this and I don't see it as an option in  
>>> mythtvsetup anywhere.
>> Start out by defining the first card on the master. Define the  
>> address for the master for DBHostName in /usr/share/mythtv/mysql.txt  
>> on the slave. Now run mythtvsetup on the slave and define your card.  
>> The card in the master won't show up, but you are in fact defining  
>> the card in the slave as the second card in your system as a whole.
>> Oh, and do NOT choose to clear all cards from the database on the  
>> slave machine, because while you can't see or define the cards on the  
>> master with mythtvsetup on a slave, you can remove them from the  
>> database (been there, done that by mistake).
>
> Thanks!  That is what I've done, but the docs for MythTV say to skip  
> configuring Video Sources:
>
> http://www.mythtv.org/docs/mythtv-HOWTO-9.html#ss9.3
>
> However, a post to the list from jcaputo1_at_comcast.net says the  
> opposite:
>
> http://www.gossamer-threads.com/perl/mailarc/gforum.cgi?post=77039; 
> search_string=capture%20card%20slave; 
> guest=2339436&t=search_engine#77039
>
> Should I configure Video Sources on the Slave Backend or will this  
> mess up the Master Backend?

Video Sources are the xmltv feeds, not the capture cards (a tad  
confusing, I know), so that is correct, you only setup the sources on  
the master. You then use those sources with the cards set up on both  
the master and slaves.

-- 
Jarod C. Wilson, RHCE

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