[mythtv-users] PVR 500

[Robert Kulagowski]

MacNean Tyrrell wrote:
> First off how do i tell which pvr 250 in my machine is recorder #4 
> according to myth? (think that one is going bad)
> And when i get my pvr 500 how do i make it #1 and #2, and how do i tell 
> myth to use #1 and #2  and #3 for recording and if i leave #4 in there, 
> use that as a last resort?

When the ivtv driver is starting up it will print the serial number of 
the device:

<snip>
Nov 12 19:29:02 masterbackend kernel: ivtv4: Autodetected WinTV PVR 150 
card (iTVC16 based)
Nov 12 19:29:02 masterbackend kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt 
0000:02:04.0[A] -> GSI 18 (level, low) -> IRQ 169
Nov 12 19:29:02 masterbackend kernel: ivtv4: Unreasonably low latency 
timer, setting to 64 (was 32)
Nov 12 19:29:02 masterbackend kernel: tveeprom: ivtv version
Nov 12 19:29:02 masterbackend kernel: tveeprom: Hauppauge: model = 
26552, rev = B268, serial# = 7826292
                              ^^^^^^^

This serial number is printed on a sticker on the card.  Whenever I get 
hardware I try to find something that's unique, like a serial number or 
MAC address and use a sharpie marker to write it on the PCI bracket.