[mythtv-users] Setting up/testing Hauppauge HVR-1100 composite/s-video input?

[Mark Perkins]

> On 21 Jan 2014, at 7:49 am, "Daryl McDonald" <darylangela at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> On Mon, Jan 20, 2014 at 9:52 AM, BIRD Neil <Neil.BIRD at uk.thalesgroup.com> wrote:
>> From: John Pilkington
>>> I've found it reliable as a DVB-T card, although it occupies a pci
>>> slot for only one tuner.
>> 
>>  I've already got a new dual-HD DVB-T PCIe tuner working;  this was the next step!
>> 
>> 
>>> If you have vlc you might try Media > Open Capture Device for a
>>> quick test.
>> 
>>  Ah, didn't know it could do that.  Will do.  Mind you, I didn't know it could tune DVB until a week or two ago!
>> 
>> --
>> [neil at fnx ~]# rm -f .signature
>> [neil at fnx ~]# ls -l .signature
>> ls: .signature: No such file or directory
>> [neil at fnx ~]# exit
>> 
>> 
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> 
> I must have missed some of the magic, I have two working cards and one
> that I want to test and VLC can open none of them, s'up?
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Daryl, just having a stab in the dark here but there is a setting in mythtv-setup that defaults to disabled that gets mythtv to release the tuners when not otherwise in use. This (I think) is used to prevent other programs grabbing them at inappropriate times. No idea if that setting applies to these cards / tuners or not.

For me it is Capture Cards / select card / Recording Options / Open DVB card on demand.

Easy way to test I guess would be to stop the backend then try VLC again.

Hope this helps.