[mythtv-users] problem using 2nd capture card

[Brian Wood]

On May 28, 2006, at 3:59 PM, Jos Bouten wrote:

> Hi all
>
> I am running mythtv on FC4: 2.6.11-1.1369_FC4 on an i686 athlon i386
> GNU/Linux
> I've got 2 Hauppauge PVR 150's who are detected by the drivers (see  
> below).
> When installing the second card this is how I configured it: I plugged
> it in, added a capture card, hooked it up via the input connections
> screen of the setup program and configured its channels via mysql.
> I have been able to watch tv via card 0 and 1, can switch from 0 to 1
> and back and also can use PIP nicely.
> But if I schedule 2 recordings that overlap in time, the first  
> recording
> is often (not always) stopped as soon as the starting time for the
> second is reached. So it seems that the system 'thinks' it has only  
> one
> capture card available (or at least most of the time). Another  
> probably
> related problem is that sometimes I can and sometimes I can not  
> watch tv
> while the system is making a recording but the odd thing is:  
> sometimes I
> can. In the latter situation also it seems that there is only one card
> available.
> It may be that I missed something while configuring the 2nd capture  
> card
> and that this is easily solved, but I've not been able to do so myself
> nor did I find anything similar in the mailing archives.
> Any suggestions?

Clearly Myth knows about the second card, or you would not be able to  
use PiP ever, or switch between cards etc.

You said that you configured the channels via mysql, if you mean you  
went into mysql manually it's hard to know what you have set up, why  
not configure the channels using mythsetup, the way you presumably  
set up the first card?

If Myth has faulty information about what channels the second card  
can receive this might explain your problems. Also have a look at the  
priority you have set for the cards, as this can affect Myth's choice  
of a capture card. If your "overlaps" are created by having set the  
system to start early or stop late these are "soft" times, and will  
be over-ridden if the system thinks it needs a certain card for a  
recording.