[mythtv-users] Cards keep changing /dev/videoX devices...

R. G. Newbury newbury at mandamus.org
Tue Jun 19 02:12:45 UTC 2007


Nick Morrott wrote:
> On 16/06/07, R. G. Newbury <newbury at mandamus.org> wrote:
>> Nick Morrott wrote:
>>> On 15/06/07, R. G. Newbury <newbury at mandamus.org> wrote:
> 
>>>> There are NO module options for the cx8800 which allow you to force it
>>>> to a specific video device, as there is for the ivtv driver. The only
>>>> control method is load order. So you have to know what is being loaded
>>> What does the video_nr parameter for the cx8800 module do? modinfo cx8800 says
>>>
>>> video_nr:video device numbers (array of int)
>>>
>> No idea what that means. And not in the version of the module on my
>> mythbox. Must be new to a later version.
>>
>> Not exactly a helpful statement if that is all there is...
> 
> I didn't add any more information (I could have prepended the first
> sentence with "So" and finished it with "then") because when I
> searched the list for information, I came across this post from 3
> months ago [http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/256518#256518]
> in which you replied to someone who had suggested using video_nr. When
> you said you'd already tried it (at least that's how I interpreted
> "Been there", sorry if I read it wrong) I felt I didn't need to give
> any more information.
> 

The 'been there' was in  response to the 'tuners detected in the wrong 
order', not to the last line, which referred to the cx8800 module which 
was the one I did NOT want loaded at any time. I ignored that last line.

G.



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