[mythtv-users] PVR-250 records only one channel

Tom Lichti tom at redpepperracing.com
Thu May 5 17:29:36 UTC 2005


Michael T. Dean wrote:
> Tom Lichti wrote:
> 
>> Nick wrote:
>>
>>> On 5/5/05, Leo Przybylski <przybyls at engr.arizona.edu> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I figured out why it would only play for a few seconds. I needed to
>>>> enable libmpeg2 decoding.
>>>
>>>
>>> Are there any errors in the backend log when you try and change to
>>> another channel? I'd also double check the other channels are setup
>>> correctly (i.e. tuneable numbers) in case this is stopping the 250
>>> card from being able to tune to the other channels.
>>
>>
>> I would also verify that the tuner type is set correctly. I had a 
>> similar problem where if I manually set the tuner type, I could see 
>> one channel, but that was it. If I let it auto-detect and set the 
>> tuner, it works flawlessly.
>> ...
>> In my modules config I have:
>>
>> options ivtv tuner=-1,-1 debug=1
>> ...
>> I can probably remove the debug, since everything works. 
> 
> 
> As a matter of fact, you can (should) remove the tuner options since the 
> default is to autodetect the tuner (and, since -1 is not a valid tuner 
> type, -1 tells it to autodetect).  If you also remove the debug, you 
> should just remove the options line.
> 
> Mike

Ah, that makes sense. I'll have to try that. Why is it that every 
guide/how-to says to force it to type 2? Is the auto-detect stuff fairly 
recent?

Tom


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