[mythtv-users] [SOLVED-ish] Thinking of moving on from MythTV ... I found the main problem, but still have 292e woes

[Mark Perkins]

On 23 April 2017 6:19:20 PM Damian <myth at surr.co.uk> wrote:

> On 21/04/2017 22:58, Mark Perkins wrote:
>>
>> On 22 April 2017 6:17:14 AM John Veness
>> <John.Veness.mythtv at pelago.org.uk> wrote:
>>
>> > On 21 April 2017 21:02:26 BST, Damian <myth at surr.co.uk> wrote:
>> >>That didn't work. The old tuners set up fine. They scanned great, got
>> >>all of the channels. but then the frontend did the exact same thing.
>> >>Flicked back to the main menu whenever I pressed "Watch TV".
>> >
>> > What happens if you go into the program guide, pick a channel, press
>> Menu then choose Watch This Channel?
>> >
>> > Alternatively, do scheduled recordings work?
>> >
>> > John
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > ----------
>>
>> I agree with John (both of them actually), definitely try entering
>> LiveTV via the program guide. That might have worked for the 292e as well.
>>
>> Just remember to press the menu key in the program guide to get the
>> watch tv popup option.
>>
>
> IT ALL WORKS!!! :-)
>
> Going to the channel via the program guide was the answer. I don't know
> why I had to do that, as I did set an existing start channel each time,
> but who cares! It's working now! :-)
>
> Getting the 3 tuners to work together was the next problem. For a while,
> I could only get 2 at a time working, and the HD one was always the one
> to go.
>
> However, after lots of trial and error, and trying different tuners in
> different USB ports, they now all seem to be working! And yes, it's
> surviving reboots.
>
> So not only do I have a working system again (after MONTHS of not
> knowing the signal amplifier had died) for less than £10. I also have HD
> TV working for the first time, via a tuner that I've been unable to get
> working for about 18 months.
>
> Thanks so much everyone!
>
> Cheers,
> Damian
>
>
>
> ----------
Great to hear it is now working! Doing a delete all on all hosts might be worth while at some point when you have spare time (if you haven't already) but if it is working for now spend some time enjoying it first.

Will be worth keeping an eye on things after reboots - I believe there have been reports of tuners maintaining the same initialisation order 9 times out of 10 but that time it doesn't can be frustrating to sort out. The use of udev rules can overcome this, there have been previous threads about how to create otherwise if you have trouble post another thread there are a couple of people on this list who are quite good with them.

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