[mythtv-users] MythTV not using virtual tuners

MythTV MythTV at assuredsolutions.com
Wed Dec 3 06:38:32 UTC 2008


I have 2 HD-5500 cards in my MythTV system.  I have deleted and  
reconfigured each card to have 3 virtual tuners.  MythTV says I have  
6 virtual turners available.  However, when I schedule shows, only 2  
tuners are ever used.  Do I have to configure MythFrontend to use all  
tuners or should it just automatically happen?

I'm not sure if I know how/when Multirec is going to work for me.   
Documentation says that I can do simultaneous recordings on the same  
stream.  However, other people say I can do simultaneous recording on  
different channels.  Is a channel the same thing as as stream?  If I  
am receiving ATSC programming over the airwaves in Dallas, Tx, should  
I be able to record 6 shows at once?

Rob
My configuration is:
MythTV version: 0.21.20080304-1 16838
Ubuntu 8.04.1, kernel version: 2.6.24-21-generic
CPU: Intel Pentium 4 CPU 3.2GHz Socket 775 800 FSB w/Hyper Threading  
Technology
Memory: 1Gig DDR 333 Memory 180 Pin
Motherboard: ASRock 775i65G Mother Board
Optical Drive: LG 18X DVD RW + Dual Layer
Hard Drive: 1 Western Digital 1 TB 7200 RPM Cache Serial ATA
Video onboard: Integrated SiS Ultra256 2D/3D Graphics
Video card: Micro-star International (MSI) AGP GeForce FX5200- 
TD128LF, 8X, 128M, DDR1, D-Sub, DVI-D, TV-out
Audio onboard: AUDIO ADI AD1888 6-channel audio CODEC
Audio card: Riviera C-Media CMI 8738 (Connected to my entertainment  
center via the optical cable)
Network Card: Onboard 10/100 Network Card
Tuner card: 2 pcHDTV HD-5500



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