[mythtv-users] Adding second tuner card - failing miserably!

[Dennis Hand]

> Hi
>I HAD a very stable mythtv (MythDora) box running with a single
PVR-350 card. All worked >perfectly.
>I recently bought a Nova DVB-T PCI tuner card and added it to my
system. I spent several >days trying to get it working but with little
success.

>I have completely reinstalled my MythDora box with both cards in
situ. Both cards were seen >OK and I could watch Live TV through the
DVB card, however I couldn't view Analog TV >through the PVR-350.
>Then the 350 card worked and the DVB didn't. Then neither worked, and
then one did ...etc >...etc
>What i have since found is that the pvr-350 which was detected and
configured as dev/video0 >after a reboot became dev/video1. Adding
Input connections for dev/video1 brought the tuner >back online. after
a reboot it reverted back to dev/video0 and now my DVB card doesn't
work!

>This is driving me absolute nuts! Any help would be appreciated.

>Thanks
>Gordon

A quick fix would be to add this line into your /etc/modprobe.conf

options ivtv ivtv_first_minor=1

This will make ivtv take /dev/video1 while your DVB card will take
/dev/video0 and it should keep them there. I know some say to use
proper udev rules but it's a quick fix.


Dennis Hand