[mythtv-users] HDHR replaced but MythTV cannot find the tuner

[Hika van den Hoven]

Hoi R,

Sunday, June 30, 2019, 3:41:42 AM, you wrote:

> A reboot seems to have fixed it.... The Live TV works now and the 
> nythweb shows...

> Encoder 5 [ HDHOMERUN : 104E4F32-0 ] is local on HP-DVR and is not 
> recording.
> Encoder 6 [ HDHOMERUN : 104E4F32-0 ] is local on HP-DVR and is not 
> recording.
> Encoder 7 [ HDHOMERUN : 104E4F32-1 ] is local on HP-DVR and is not 
> recording.
> Encoder 8 [ HDHOMERUN : 104E4F32-1 ] is local on HP-DVR and is not 
> recording.

> Thanks

> On 6/29/19 5:41 PM, R Kannan wrote:
>> All,
>>
>> My old HDHomeRun - Dual tuner had quit and I bought a new HDHR3 
>> Connect tuner to replace it.
>>
>> I tested it with HD HomeRun Config GUI and it seemed to tune into my 
>> OTR channels.
>>
>> In MythTV Backend setup, I removed all cards, added the new cards (2), 
>> created the connections, scanned for and added the channels and 
>> everything looked OK. But when I tried to run the frontend and tried 
>> to watch Live TV, it came back with "All Tuners are currently busy" .
>>
>> I checked the mythweb Status and it showed 4 'Encoders' with two of 
>> them missing as below:
>>
>> Encoder 1 [ UNKNOWN ] is local on HP-DVR and is not recording.
>> Encoder 2 [ UNKNOWN ] is local on HP-DVR and is not recording.
>> Encoder 5 [ HDHOMERUN : 104E4F32-0 ] is local on HP-DVR and is not 
>> recording.
>> Encoder 6 [ HDHOMERUN : 104E4F32-0 ] is local on HP-DVR and is not 
>> recording.
>>
>> Perhaps the old card was not completely deleted and it is trying to 
>> tune using the old card that does not exist.
>>
>> Any thoughts?
>>
>> Thanks for any help.
>>

I have seen this "all tuners busy" often after changes. Restarting the
backend or rebooting solves it.
Next time please bottom post as per protocol.


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