[mythtv-users] Installing > 1 Hauppauge PVR 250 Cards onback end

Nick knowledgejunkie at gmail.com
Wed Jun 29 00:16:38 UTC 2005


On 6/29/05, PAUL WILLIAMSON <pwilliamson at mandtbank.com> wrote:
> > >>> mtdean at thirdcontact.com 06/28/05 7:33 PM >>>
> > George Nassas wrote:
> >
> > > On 28-Jun-05, at 5:31 PM, Pane, Chris wrote:
> > >
> > > Does the myth back end support more than 1 Tuner card
> > > (Specifically PVR 250. I am thinking >about buying an extra,
> > > thus have 2 capture cards on my back end
> > >
> > > The backend supports this. I recall one guy on this list having
> > > 4 or 6 in one backend!
> 
> > I know there's more than one guy.  :)  I'm one of the guys with 4
> > in one backend.  PVR-x50 setup with the 0.2.x or 0.3.x releases
> > is just as easy with 1 or more cards.
> >
> > Took more time to configure Myth than the cards.  I already had
> > one PVR-250 installed and working, so I just plugged in the other
> > three and the hardware worked.  Then, I went into mythtv-setup
> > and configured the cards and video sources in Myth and was up
> > and running.  I recommend taking this approach--get one working
> > and then add additional cards--it will minimize the possible sources
> 
> > of confusion.
> >
> > Mike
> 
> I definitely agree with Mike.  Get one card working, then another
> one.  Do one at a time.  I have two cards (150 and 250) in one
> backend, and they more or less work correctly.

Thirded, even if the cards are different (prob more important in this case)

> My problem is that I can't seem to get a non-master backend
> connected to my master backend so I can get 2 more 250s
> and a pcHD3000 working.

What problems are you having? Could be mysql is not allowing the
connection from the slave to the backend?

Nick


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