[mythtv-users] Help! Tuner card wont add

[Brian Wood]

Tom Lichti wrote:
> Michael Stephens wrote:
>> Its a new install so no capture cards:
>> I do the general tab
>> then i go to setup a new tuner card->click finish->no new card in the list
>> I hit escape to get back to the main setup window. 
>> I setup my video source for schedules direct.
>> I hit finish
>> It doesnt list in the list of video sources.
>> I proceed to the input connections and there is nothing there.
>>  
>> Thats all I got.
> In the new tuner card setup, did you pick the card type (I forget the 
> exact verbiage, but it's something like 'Hardware MPEG encoder - 
> PVR-xxx'), the tuner device (should be /dev/video0), and give it a name? 
> I think you need to do at least that.
The name is optional, it will simply display as "tuner 1" without it.