[mythtv-users] Alternatives to DVB-T (UK) PCI Cards

[David Watkins]

On 23/04/2008, Nick Morrott <knowledgejunkie at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 22/04/2008, Gordon McCrae <gordon-mccrae at bluebottle.com> wrote:
> > I'm using 4 Nova-T USB tuners without problems, not sure about the
> >  renumbering of devices, how would you notice this, and what would the
> >  negative effect?
>
> If the 4 cards/sticks are all the same model/class and receive a good
> signal, it shouldn't matter if devices move around at boot (i.e. if
> /dev/dvb/adaptor0/ becomes /dev/dvb/adaptor2/).
>
> Inconsistent device numbering causes problems is when a user has
> different classes of device (i.e. DVB-T and DVB-S devices using the
> /dev/dvb/* tree, or analogue and hardware encoding capture cards using
> /dev/videoX devices), or when different cards receive different signal
> strengths, and you want the ability to prefer particular cards over
> others.

.. or your machine is also a frontend, and your ir reciever is
connected to one of the cards.