[mythtv-users] HowTo: 2 PVR cards?

[Thomas Börkel]

HI!

jose rubio wrote:

> It's pretty easy actually you just turn the machine off, plug in the new
> card, turn the machine on. run myth's setup and tell it you have two
> cards (of course, you have to set up both cards too)

Sounds good.

>>How do I know which card is which device?
> 
> Why would you want to know?  one will be attached to /dev/video0 and the
> other to /dev/video1 which one depends on where they are plugged in. 
> Myth won't care though so why would you?

Hmm, good point.

>>What about modules.conf?
>>
> 
> I don't really mess around much with this file I just modprobe the
> modules in the order I want... but if you want you can just add one to
> the minor of the second card...that should do the trick...  although
> initially I would modprobe ivtv by hand to see how it goes...  When you
> load the module you will see all the info about minors for each card.

Ahh, so 1x modprobe is good for both cards.

>>What about lirc?
> 
> what about lirc?  I don't use it but why would it care how many cards
> you have?

Both cards have IR receiver, so which one will lirc listen to?

> Good luck!

Thanks!

Thomas