[mythtv-users] Adding PVR-500 to PVR-250 equipped primary backend

[Josh White]

oh yes...dumb on my part, I remember where to do that now...sorry to waste
everyone's bandwidth.

On 10/12/07, Josh White <jaw1959 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> umm..yeah, that's what I meant by "I went into the backend setup program ,
> and I added the two tuners from the PVR-500, and it seems they were detected
> correctly" but I guess I didn't specifically link them to a listing source.
> In fact, I'm not sure where I ever linked my original card to a listing
> source.  I know where I set that up, but since I only had one, I guess I
> never had to toggle anything to specifically look at that card  since it was
> the only one.  I did this over my lunch break, so I didn't have much time to
> figure out what was wrong.  I think that's where I need to look next.
> Thanks.
>
> On 10/12/07, Doug Young <goofdad at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > On 10/12/07, Josh White <jaw1959 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > I just added a PVR-500 to my mythtv backend server that already had a
> > single
> > > PVR-250 installed.  It does not appear that the backend is using the
> > PVR-500
> > > at all.  When I check the status through mythweb, it only shows 1
> > encoder
> > > under "encoder status."  I went into the backend setup program, and I
> > added
> > > the two tuners from the PVR-500, and it seems they were detected
> > correctly,
> > > but when I turn the front end on, all I can use is my original
> > PVR-250.  I
> > > cannot record, and when I try to run another front end on another
> > machine,
> > > it tells me the encoder is busy.  Am I missing a step here?
> > >
> > > Just to test, I opened 3 instances of VLC, and had each tuner
> > displaying
> > > simultaneously, on different channels, so I don't think I have a DMA
> > > conflict or any other hardware issue.
> >
> > umm...hate to ask this, but did you add them through mythtv-setup?
> > And link them to a listings source?  If not, then Myth isn't gonna see
> > them at all...
> > --
> > Doug
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