[mythtv-users] Backend setup for win-hvr-950Q

[Raymond Wagner]

On Fri, 29 Jul 2011 21:55:08 -0500, Bill Meek <keemllib at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, 2011-07-29 at 21:07 -0400, Raymond Wagner wrote:
> ...
>> If your digital tuner fails to open, that means some other application
>> already has the card open and in use.
> ...
> 
> Hi;
> 
> I've experienced this and found that EIT was running. To solve
> it, turn off (at least temporarily) EIT scanning.

If he can't scan, he has no channels.  If he has no channels, he can't run
the backend.  If the backend is not running to perform an EIT scan, it will
not have the card open and locked.