[mythtv-users] BE off line

[Michael T. Dean]

On 08/22/2013 11:05 AM, Daryl McDonald wrote:
>
> Ok I'm starting to narrow this down some, it's just my PVR-150 card 
> that is going offline, and the last couple times I have just deleted 
>  it and not all cards, which brings it back. I hope that is not part 
> of my problem. Sometimes it shows up as "video0" and others as 
> "video2" which necessitates me editing my "check_stb" file, but I'm 
> learning :).

If you mean it's changing from /dev/video0 to /dev/video2, that's 
probably what's causing the problem.  You need to ensure the device is 
always available at the location you've specified in setup.  You can do 
this through udev (i.e. creating a better-named link to the device file, 
such as /dev/pvr150 or /dev/ivtv0 or whatever) or with the kernel module 
option hack that allows you to specify a kernel number 
(ivtv_first_minor, I think).

> The wikis that I've seen so far don't go any further in detail for 
> "input connections" to allow me to find the glitch. What should I look 
> at next? There are only two screens for the ivtv card, I think I have 
> the first one correct; the recording priority numbers on the second 
> screen continue to elevate with each reconfiguration, this time to 
> 0,6,6, respectively, I lowered the 6's to 2's, but in the upcoming 
> recordings they still show as 6. All suggestions greatly appreciated.

You shouldn't be modifying priorities.  Are you talking about Schedule 
and Live TV Order?  If so, you can change those, but make sure you set 
them up properly (generally so that Schedule and Live TV Orders are 
opposite, assuming you actually use Live TV).

That said, "Delete all capture cards" (and you wouldn't need to do 
"Delete all video sources") will reset everything--numbers and 
priorities, etc., so that they're done right when you re-create the 
cards and re-connect inputs.

Mike