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

[Damian]

On 23/04/2017 10:01, Mark Perkins wrote:
>
> 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.
>

I've set up a /etc/modprobe.d/dvb.conf file, so not having a problem 
with the order changing. The HD one would randomly stop working whenever 
I added all 3 tuners, but the order of them was still fine.

It seemed to matter which USB port I put which tuner into, which I don't 
undersand, but while it's working I don't care what voodoo is going on 
there! :-)

I'm not sure what you mean by 'Doing a delete all on all hosts', but I 
did "Delete all cards" on the setup every time I made a change.

Thanks again,
Damian