[mythtv-users] Adding PVR-500 to PVR-250 equipped primary backend

[Doug Young]

On 10/12/07, Josh White <jaw1959 at gmail.com> wrote:
> I just added a PVR-500 to my mythtv backend server that already had a single
> PVR-250 installed.  It does not appear that the backend is using the PVR-500
> at all.  When I check the status through mythweb, it only shows 1 encoder
> under "encoder status."  I went into the backend setup program, and I added
> the two tuners from the PVR-500, and it seems they were detected correctly,
> but when I turn the front end on, all I can use is my original PVR-250.  I
> cannot record, and when I try to run another front end on another machine,
> it tells me the encoder is busy.  Am I missing a step here?
>
> Just to test, I opened 3 instances of VLC, and had each tuner displaying
> simultaneously, on different channels, so I don't think I have a DMA
> conflict or any other hardware issue.

umm...hate to ask this, but did you add them through mythtv-setup?
And link them to a listings source?  If not, then Myth isn't gonna see
them at all...
-- 
Doug