[mythtv-users] Confused About HDHomeRun

Phil Bridges gravityhammer at gmail.com
Wed Oct 3 17:22:29 UTC 2007


On 10/3/07, Tom Lichti <tom at redpepperracing.com> wrote:
> Jerry Rubinow wrote:
> > On 10/1/07, Drew Tomlinson <drew at mykitchentable.net> wrote:
> >
> >> I tried but no joy.  Although now that I've scrolled down a bit in
> >> Mythweb, I see that the scheduler is using one of my HDHR inputs
> >> sometimes but not nearly as often as it could.  Here are my current cards:
> >>
> >> cardid   cardtype          dbox2_port
> >>  8       MPEG              31338
> >>  9       HDTV              31338
> >> 10       HDHOMERUN             0
> >> 11       HDHOMERUN             1
> >>
> >
> > Since the cardids are 8,9,10,11, it means you didn't use DELETE ALL in
> > mythtv-setup.  You need to use the command which clears all cards from
> > database.  Clearing cards one at a time or clearing them just from the
> > local backend will not have the desired effect.  After you've done
> > DELETE ALL, the card numbers should start from 1.
> >
> Not true at all. I've done delete all 3 times, and am up to tuners
> 12-15. The only way to get back to one is to delete all tuners, then
> modify the capture card table to reset the auto-increment field back to
> 0, then re-add your cards. Or you could modify the table directly to
> change the ID's. I'm NOT advocating doing either of those, there is no
> need, and if you do, I take no responsibility for what happens.
>

Deleting all cards from a backend continues the numbering.  Delting
all capture cards (without listing a backend) restarts the numbering.


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