[mythtv-users] Multiple PVR-250 cards each with different tuner types

Randy Rossi randy.rossi at gmail.com
Fri Nov 12 17:11:22 UTC 2004


I'm using ivtv 0.1.9.  I saw this in my messages log for the two new cards...

tvee: tuner=<unknown> (idx=82, type=-1)

...so I figured it couldn't detect it properly.  I'll try the latest
version of ivtv and see if it fixed my problems.  Thanks.

On Thu, 11 Nov 2004 20:11:12 -0500, Blues Guy <bluesguy at stny.rr.com> wrote:
> David George wrote:
> 
> 
> 
> > On 11/11/2004 12:53 PM, Randy Rossi wrote:
> >
> >> (BTW: Is there an easier way to use multiple cards with different
> >> tuner types?  I would appreciate if anyone has a better solution than
> >> this hack described below)
> >>
> >>
> > What version of ivtv are you using?  For quite a while the ck versions
> > detect the tuner and set it automatically.  I have three different
> > PVR-250 and each one's tuner is auto-detected.  Currently I am using
> > 0.2.0-rc2h (I think?), but it has been working since at least 99e.
> >
> Exactly.  The newer ck ivtv versions autodetect the tuner type.  If
> you're using the newer ivtv, remove the tuner setting from your
> mod[probe|ules].conf  and let it do its thing... In fact you can clean
> up even more and let ivtv force the loading of all the other modules as
> well.
> 
> See the modules.conf advice near the bottom here
> http://www.poptix.net/ivtv/Oct-2004/msg00585.html
> 
> 
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