[mythtv-users] help! Ubuntu upgrade ate my mythtv

[Joseph Fry]

On Sat, Aug 10, 2013 at 1:43 AM, Dan Kressin <dkressin at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Ok, so I've updated to 12.04.2 / 0.25.2+fixes.  I deleted all video sources, deleted all capture cards, rescanned, checked the xmltvid field, and checked the call_signs on my recording schedules.  Things are looking pretty good, *except* Backend Status in mythweb and the corresponding place in mythfrontend show 8 tuners instead of 4 (each is duplicated).  mythtv-setup only shows a single instance of each.  Also, in mythweb, the Status column for Upcoming Recordings has empty boxes rather than something like "OTA-1" like it had in 0.23.

In mythtv-setup, where you configured the tuners, did do you have it
set to 2 virtual tuners for each physical tuner?  This sometimes
throws people because that is the default for some tuners (HDHR).

Note, if your running OTA or QAM, I would leave it at two.. or even
bump it to 3.  Essentially, this allows you to record multiple
programs if they are on the same multiplex.  For example... on my
cable provider, most of the local networks are on the same QAM
multiplex.  Most nights, my HDHR only uses one tuner to record three
major networks for prime time at the same time... because they are
both carried on the same multiplexed channel.