[mythtv-users] [mythtv] SVN-HD-PVR. Just before I destroy my system with an update....

[Brad DerManouelian]

On Nov 13, 2008, at 10:58 AM, John P Poet wrote:

> On Thu, Nov 13, 2008 at 11:34 AM, Brad DerManouelian
> <myth at dermanouelian.com> wrote:
>
> <snip>
>
>> I am running two HD-PVR's on my backend. They work just fine. The  
>> only
>> issue I have is that they sometimes swap devices on me and I can't
>> find anything different enough about them to institute a udev rule to
>> keep them from doing that. Every time I reboot my machine, I have to
>> make sure the channel change script is changing the STB connected to
>> the correct HD-PVR. Once that's done (it usually needs no
>> modification), everything works fine.
>
> As long as you are running the latest driver, you should be able to
> key off of "ATTR{name}" and "ATTRS{serial}".
>
> SUBSYSTEM=="video4linux",ATTR{name}=="Hauppauge HD
> PVR",ATTRS{serial}=="00ABCDEF",SYMLINK+="hdpvr0"

Whee! Thanks, that's what I needed.