[mythtv-users] DVB: changing adapter number

[Peter Bennett]

On 1/11/26 09:47, Alain via mythtv-users wrote:
> Hi,
>
>     Whenever I reboot my back-end server, the DVB card can change 
> there adapter number, as documented in my previous email. The new 
> MythTV setup (MythTV 0.35) only accepts DVB adapter card with the 
> /dev/dvb/adapterxx syntax.  In order to use logical names, I have to 
> modify directly the database using :
>
> update capturecard set videodevice = '/dev/dvb/TBS6590-0/frontend1' 
> where cardid = 25 or cardid = 29;
>
>     Is there a better way of handling DVB card whose adapter number is 
> variable ?
>
> Regards,
> Alain Brossard

udev is the Linux component you can use to prevent device ids changing 
on every reboot, by assigning specific id's.

See https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Udev for some info on how to do it.

Peter