[mythtv-users] Master+Slave cards HOW???????

Kevin Kuphal kuphal at dls.net
Mon Jul 18 00:32:12 EDT 2005


Matt Goebel wrote:

>Ok...  I give up!  I'm ready to beat someone here.  This should be simple, but I can't get it to work no matter what I try...  I've read all the
>documentation I can find.  (fedora+myth, Mythtv.org docs, wiki's etc...)  Mythtv in general.. easy to setup, this is a pain.
>
>I have 2x Myth systems:
>
>1. Master (Lastest ATRPMS Myth, 1x PVR-250, fileserver, Analog cable connection, also network server an less used as frontend, mythweb)
>
>2. Slave (Lastest ATRPMS Myth, 1x PVR-250, Digital cable via composite)
>
>I want the following:
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>1. The lave PVR-250 to be the first (primary) card, so that my recordings are digital quality when available (analog cn be a little grainy here)
>
>2. The master PVR-250 to handle live TV during recordings on the slave, and record if there's a conflict
>
>So to setup I:
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>1. Load mythtvsetup on the master... change both IP's to the private LAN address, skip defining a card (per advanced setup doc), enter my video
>sources, exit.
>
>2. Change MySQL to allow connections for the Mythtv users from anywhere on my LAN.
>
>3. Start Mythbackend
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>4. Run mythfilldatabase, let finish
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>5. Load mythsetup on slave.. define local LAN IP for slave...  master IP for master backend, exit
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>6. Start Mythbackend on Slave,  I now see a successful connection on both the master and slave...
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>7. Run mythsetup on slave, add tuner, try to add input source for tuner..  no options besides "none" since video sources haven't be defined on
>slave... exit
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>8. Check if tuner cardid has been added to DB on master... no luck
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>9. Restart mythtvsetup on slave... define video source.. assign it to card, exit (Do NOT run mythfilldatabase)...
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>10. Check if tuner cardid has been added to DB on master... no luck
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>WTF am I missing?  If I add a source and fill the database on the master I can see use the tuner on the slave...  so that's ok except it makes the
>master's PVR-250 the primary.. and I still can't seem to add the 2nd tuner in the slave?
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Did you do anything to tell the slave machine where the database is?  
There should be a mysql.txt to edit IIRC

Kevin


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