[mythtv-users] Using pchd-3000s and haugpage pvrs

[R. G. Newbury]

Logan Dzwonkowski wrote:
> Hello, I tried to set-up a myth-tv with dual pchd-3000, a pvr-350, and a
> pvr-500.  However, things never quite worked right so I pulled the pchd
> cards out.  With all 5 cards in there linux wouldn't boot.  With the
> PVR-500 and two pchd cards it would boot, but live tv didn't seem to
> work well using two difference channel mapping to different cards.  Like
> if I was on channel 10 on the pvr and channel 9 and 11 was on the pchd,
> my wife couldn't change the channel.  Is .19 any better about that?
>   
Not booting with 5 cards in the box sounds more like a bus/IRQ problem.

With respect to the PVR500 and pcHD cards;
First: you need to have 2 separate and distinct channel lineups, one for 
each card. The lineups cannot overlap. Depending on your supplier, you 
may get the same feed on 2 different channels but each source must be 
distinct. One is for the analog channels, the other for the digital 
channels.

Second: the channel numbering in your guide may not differentiate which 
channel is on which source lineup. You can play with this to a certain 
extent in mythtv-setup by changing the underline or dash to a number or 
nothing so that 10_1 becomes 101. This may separate the channels.

Third:  Your wife is having problems with your setup because you have to 
change tuners to change from your channel 10 to your channel 9 or 11, 
since those 2 channels are digital channels which are only available 
through the digital card.
At the present time, mythtv does not change tuners for you from the live 
tv display (although it will do so, from the Guide).

Fourth: If you are in live TV and browse channels, the OSD should ONLY 
show the channels which your present tuner can tune. At least that is 
what happens on my post-version 19 SVN setup. Try setting browse mode. 
This will prevent you from selecting an unobtainable channel while in 
live tv.

Geoff





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