[mythtv-users] more than one capture card

[Brian Wood]

On Nov 5, 2006, at 7:32 PM, brian boyle wrote:

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> no. both receivers use the same codes. they are identical and when  
> i used the old machine i had no problem but i had two serial ports.
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> so what i am looking for is a system that can control two identical  
> receivers. before i had to turn one around backwards so one did not  
> interfere with the other.
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Ah-Ha, so you are depending on optical isolation, and thus really  
need two separate IR emitters.

No real way out of this without two serial ports, which might mean a  
mobo switchout if you can't get a serial port card to work.