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

[Nick Morrott]

On 23/04/2008, David Watkins <watkinshome at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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.

Very true, thanks for adding that. I guess this applies whether you're
using lirc_i2c (multiple /dev/lircX devices) or dev/input (multiple
/dev/input/eventX devices) in LIRC.

-- 
Nick Morrott

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