[mythtv-users] Setting a channel to prefer a tuner or how to remove static

[Chris Moewes-Bystrom]

> After booting, run
>
> dmesg | grep -i tuner

[root at mythtv ~]# dmesg | grep ivtv
ivtv:  ==================== START INIT IVTV ====================
ivtv:  version 0.7.1 (tagged release) loading
ivtv:  Linux version: 2.6.17-1.2142_FC4 mod_unload 686 REGPARM 4KSTACKS gcc-4.0
ivtv:  In case of problems please include the debug info between
ivtv:  the START INIT IVTV and END INIT IVTV lines, along with
ivtv:  any module options, when mailing the ivtv-users mailinglist.
ivtv0: Autodetected Hauppauge WinTV PVR-150 card (cx23416 based)
tuner 1-0061: chip found @ 0xc2 (ivtv i2c driver #0)
cx25840 1-0044: cx25843-23 found @ 0x88 (ivtv i2c driver #0)
wm8775 1-001b: chip found @ 0x36 (ivtv i2c driver #0)
ivtv0: loaded v4l-cx2341x-enc.fw firmware (262144 bytes)
ivtv0: Encoder revision: 0x02050032
ivtv0: Allocate DMA encoder MPEG stream: 128 x 32768 buffers (4096KB total)
ivtv0: Allocate DMA encoder YUV stream: 194 x 10800 buffers (2048KB total)
ivtv0: Allocate DMA encoder VBI stream: 120 x 17472 buffers (2048KB total)
ivtv0: Allocate DMA encoder PCM audio stream: 455 x 4608 buffers (2048KB total)
ivtv0: Initialized Hauppauge WinTV PVR-150, card #0
ivtv:  ======================  NEXT CARD  ======================
ivtv1: Autodetected Hauppauge WinTV PVR-150 card (cx23416 based)
tuner 2-0061: chip found @ 0xc2 (ivtv i2c driver #1)
cx25840 2-0044: cx25843-23 found @ 0x88 (ivtv i2c driver #1)
wm8775 2-001b: chip found @ 0x36 (ivtv i2c driver #1)
ivtv1: loaded v4l-cx2341x-enc.fw firmware (262144 bytes)
ivtv1: Encoder revision: 0x02050032
ivtv1: Allocate DMA encoder MPEG stream: 128 x 32768 buffers (4096KB total)
ivtv1: Allocate DMA encoder YUV stream: 194 x 10800 buffers (2048KB total)
ivtv1: Allocate DMA encoder VBI stream: 120 x 17472 buffers (2048KB total)
ivtv1: Allocate DMA encoder PCM audio stream: 455 x 4608 buffers (2048KB total)
ivtv1: Initialized Hauppauge WinTV PVR-150, card #1
ivtv:  ====================  END INIT IVTV  ====================


Clearly not the same tuner chips.. err same chip different revision

>
> and you should see what IVTV is doing. I wouldn't count on both of the
> cards being the same tuner. It's likely, but not guaranteed. If they are
> the same, and they are being setup correctly driver wise, it might be
> the broadcast type, so I'd check that as well.

How do I check the "broadcast" type?  Is that the videosource table??

mysql> select * from videosource\G
*************************** 1. row ***************************
    sourceid: 1
        name: Comcast (Zap2It)
xmltvgrabber: datadirect
      userid: XXXXXX
   freqtable: us-cable
    lineupid: MN22577:-
    password: XXXXXX
      useeit: 0
1 row in set (0.00 sec)


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> Tom
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Christopher Moewes-Bystrom
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