[mythtv-users] Card 10?

[Michael T. Dean]

On 08/12/2013 11:31 AM, Joseph Fry wrote:
>>>> So, you'll just have to go into the Input Connections and select each one
>>>> of the cards/inputs and look for the one that says "Please add  channels to
>>>> this source" and change it to a proper channel number (as it sounds like
>>>> you've properly added channels to the source since you originally configured
>>>> the input).
>>>
>>> BTW, if you do not do this, any time MythTV attempts to use that card, it
>>> will fail to set the channel correctly and you will lose a recording.  So,
>>> even though you haven't noticed issues, yet, I highly recommend taking the
>>> time to fix this.
>> I went back in and I have 9 card definitions, two of which are functional,
>> showing their source as "motorola/antenna" with actual channel numbers for
>> starting channel, and the other seven display (none) as source and also are
>> blank for starting channel. What am I missing?
>>
> Sounds like your missing 7 source settings.
>
> In all seriousness.  Do you have 9 tuners?  If not, then you probably
> created a few without realizing it.  I would delete all of your tuners
> (using the appropriate command on the menu, don't delete them one at a
> time).  Then re-add them, one at a time, adding the proper source and
> selecting a good starting channel.

Yeah, it sounds like a misconfiguration.  Note that MythTV doesn't 
support having cards defined but not connected (i.e. if you define a 
card, it must be a fully-configured card with valid Input Connections).  
Having "loose" or unconnected cards will result in problems--either 
immediately, weeks after defining the cards, or even months after.

If that's what's going on, do as Joseph suggested and use "Delete all 
capture cards" (not "Delete all capture cards on <hostname>") to clear 
them, then re-define the ones you should have, connect their inputs, and 
set their starting channels, and you should be back up and running.  
(Note that you do not need to rescan channels or anything).

Mike