[mythtv-users] mythtv not recognising removal of a capture card

[Nick Morrott]

On 19/05/2008, John Brown <info at johnbrown.com.au> wrote:
>
>  >>  So I uninstalled Mythtv using Synaptic Packaged Manager "Complete
>  >>  Removal", then reinstalled it hoping that it would forget about the
>  >>  previous installation, and went through all of the backend set up steps.
>  >>  including adding the PCI and USB tuners in the relevant section without
>  >>  any problems.
>  >
>  > Did you choose the 'Delete All Capture Cards' option in mythtv-setup
>  > before adding the new cards? See
>  > http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/264034#264034 for
>  > more details.
>
>
> Thanks, yes, but it still remembers what tuners were there (ie. it
>  doesn't really do what it says).

If you choose 'Delete All Capture Cards' in capture card setup - not
'Delete All Capture Cards on Host xxx' - it will truncate the database
table, completely emptying it. There is no way it can remember what
tuners were previously defined, as the table will be empty.

-- 
Nick Morrott

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