[mythtv-users] HVR-2250 Tuner Not Available

[Andrew]

On Sat, 2016-04-16 at 12:42 -0600, Curtis Gedak wrote:
> On 16-04-16 11:37 AM, Barry Martin wrote:
> > <snip>
> > 
> > Fairly a newbie at all this. Creating a new Backend/Frontend
> > (combination) using Mythbuntu 14.04. (Mythfrontend version:
> > fixes/0.27
> > (v.0.27-193-g8ee257c).
> > 
> > Motherboard is a NARRA5 with AMD Phenom 9550 Quad-core processor; 8
> > GB
> > RAM.
> > 
> > Combined Backend/Frontend (fix this problem and I'll get remote
> > Frontends going!).
> > 
> > <snip>
> > 
> > Half-know the 'missing' tuners (2-4) are due to failed installation
> > attempts
> > 
> 
> Yes, this is correct.  When I've wanted to get rid of these in the
> past
> I went into the backend and "deleted all tuners" regardless of
> system.
> This will give you a clean state to start with.
> 
> > 
> > FWIW the “HardInfo” utility states the HVR-2250 card is SAA7164
> > (rev 81)
> > 
> > Have attempted to figure out what the problem is; Googling for
> > “myth
> > +tuner +'not available'” hasn't lead me to anything; those keywords
> > here
> > (search function) get ignored.
> > 
> > <snip>
> 
> I'm not exactly sure what has gone wrong with your installation. 
>  I've
> build three PVRs with dual HVR-2250 (not 2255) cards and these have
> worked well for me.  I wrote a tutorial on how I did it.  Perhaps you
> might review the tutorial to see if there is a step you missed.
> 
> Installing Mythbuntu 14.04.1 with MythTV 0.27
> http://gedakc.users.sourceforge.net/display-doc.php?name=pvr-install-
> mythbuntu1404
> 
> Curtis
> 

I am running a 2250 card, and if I remember correctly I had issues with
failed recordings and unavailable tuners. In myth setup the default max
recording for the capture card was set to 2 and I changed it to 1 on
"each card"

I still have two tuners 
/dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0
/dev/dvb/adapter1/frontend0