[mythtv-users] Can myth switch between Video cards?

[Phil Bridges]

> First post to this list- Myth is just fabulous. I now have two Myth boxes,
> a
> front/backend server, and a front end client on a discless Via Mini-ITX
> (running MiniMyth). It works great.
>
> My server has two video cards, Both DVB-T, but one of them (An AverMedia)
> requires a much better signal than the other (A Hauppagauge Nova-T) and
> channels on some multiplexes are unwatchable. I have got around the issue
> by
> defining two different video sources so the Avermedia card is restricted
> to
> only those channels it can play successfully.
>
> But now I find when I watch TV, if my client selects the restricted DVB
> card
> it will not switch to the other card when I select a channel not supported
> on
> the current card.
>
> Am I missing something? Does Myth have the capability to switch between
> cards?
> What happens if you have for example a satellite card and a terrestrial
> card
> with completely different channel lists?
>
> BTW: I am running CVS from about a week ago.
>
> TIA
>
> derek

>From the key.txt file:

- Y Switch Capture Cards

Also, I have this same problem with my PVR-250 and my M179.  I changed the
order of the cards using mythsetup so that it normally shows live TV on
the better card.