[mythtv-users] PVR150 not recognized?

[Tom Lichti]

Brian Wood wrote:
> On Nov 22, 2006, at 11:06 AM, Tom Lichti wrote:
> 
>> Andrew Robinson wrote:
>>> Looks like the answer is a line in /etc/modprobe.conf
>>>
>>> options ivtv tuner=50
>>>
>>> However, that applies just to the PVR-150, no? Do I need to include
>>> another id for the PVR-250?
>> Possibly. What does the IVTV section from dmesg show? Run dmesg, then
>> post everything between the ===START IVTV=== and ===END IVTV=== lines.
>>
>> Tom
> 
> It is extremely unfortunate that there are many different cards out  
> there all called "PVR-150". I have four "PVR-150", 3 of which have  
> the same tuners and the fourth has a different one.
> 
> I got around that by simply using the "odd man out" for the baseband  
> output of my satellite receiver, so the fact that the tuner is not  
> properly recognized if no import.
> 
> It's been discussed here before about different tuners being used on  
> the 150s and the 500s especially, and it is difficult for the IVTV  
> folks to keep up.
> 
> But what Tom says is correct, you will have a better chance of  
> getting help by posting the boot log info on the card.

I have 2 250's and 1 150, they all have different tuners, and I don't 
have a problem setting them all up differently. They all work great. Not 
sure why you couldn't get the same result.

Tom