[mythtv-users] DVB device numbers for 2nd adapter?

Kevin Kuphal kuphal at dls.net
Tue Mar 21 04:54:10 UTC 2006


clemens at dwf.com wrote:
> I am going to assume that the following is correct for adapter0 :
>
>
> [root at mythtv ~]# cd /dev/dvb/adapter0
> [root at mythtv adapter0]# ls -ali
> total 0
> 1740 drwxr-xr-x  2 root root    200 Mar 18 15:56 .
> 1739 drwxr-xr-x  4 root root     80 Mar 20 19:41 ..
> 1747 crw-rw-rw-  1 root root 212, 1 Mar 18 15:55 audio
> 1743 crw-rw-rw-  1 root root 212, 6 Mar 18 15:55 ca0
> 1744 crw-rw----  1 root root 212, 4 Mar 18 15:55 demux0
> 1742 crw-rw----  1 root root 212, 5 Mar 18 15:55 dvr0
> 1741 crw-rw----  1 root root 212, 3 Mar 18 15:55 frontend0
> 1746 crw-rw----  1 root root 212, 7 Mar 18 15:56 net0
> 1745 crw-rw-rw-  1 root root 212, 8 Mar 18 15:56 osd0
> 1748 crw-rw-rw-  1 root root 212, 0 Mar 18 15:56 video
>
> So, what is the offset to get/give devices for adapter1?  16, 32, 64?
> That is, what device is adapter1,video (212,16), (212,32), (212,64)?
>
> I didnt see this in the documentation, so I guess I COULD read the
> source code, but its late, and my eyes are not going to put up with 
> looking thru too much more code...
>   
Not to state the obvious, but shouldn't the second adapter be 
/dev/dvb/adapter1?

Check your /var/log/messages when the drivers load, they should say what 
device they registered.

Kevin


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