[mythtv-users] tuner numbering

[Chris Dennis]

On 24/02/14 18:39, Mike Bibbings wrote:
> On 24/02/14 18:03, Daryl McDonald wrote:
>> Greetings Mythizens, recordings have been hit and miss lately, and I
>> finally realized that it is not my antenna, it is the random tuner
>> numbering done at boot-up. I do have UDEV rules in place for all the
>> cards, but the only one that stays with the symlink name is the analog
>> card, the dvb cards won't open in "input connections" after inserting
>> the symlink name, or they pop back to "adapter(0or1)/frontend0" if I
>> re-select them in "Capture Cards". After going back through some old
>> threads, thanks Bill and Yianni, I created a
>> "/etc/modprobe.d/dvb-options.conf file". On a re-boot there was a
>> complaint about one of the "options" so I commented it out. There are
>> only two dvb cards, since the options.conf file directs one card to
>> "adapter0" the second should get "adapter1" each time, right? Testing
>> is currently in its infancy, but if I can avoid any bumps in the road
>> I would appreciate further direction. Thanks   Daryl
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> Daryl,
>
> You are correct about the number, 0/1.
> However, just to be sure that you are not getting some system default,
> which may change between boots, try using adapter_nr=3 and verify this
> on reboot using dmesg.
> The usual range for adapter_nr is 0-7, but depends on how the kernel was
> built. For Ubuntu stock kernels it is 0-7.
>
I'd agree with that.  I wrote up some details a while ago: http://fbcs.co.uk/?p=1123

cheers

Chris