Ok, well i was very happy with my mythtv box, so i decided to improve and add a second tuner, this one a cheap 250 mce i got off ebay..... so i installed the card, but i am having a hard time getting it to work.

I have a feeling that my problem is an IVTV problem, but i am not sure which settings for tuner type to use....

The PVR 250 that works is a retail (orange box) w/ remote that i needed to set to type 39.

Anyone know which tuner types I should try for the MCE?
I have the NTSC/NTSC-J
48432 REVI110

Thanks!

as far as I know this question cannot be answered with certianty. I've heard of people using 2, 5, 9, 39, 44, 60 and numerous others, and I've never seen a guide to let you know which one matches up with which card.

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i've read some people being able to autodetect which card type by using -1

do you know if that might work?

I also just did a reinstall with just the mce card,
and out of the box, without an IVTV recompile the mce card works fine.

IVTV reads

options ivtv debug=1
options tuner type=2

when i recompile the ivtv drivers, don't i have to change the IVTV file to:
options ivtv card=85 type=39
options tuner type=39
?

if i need to recompile IVTV to get my 250 non mce working, how should the text look?

Thanks!

you need to have type=2,39 or more specifically type=(first detected card), (second detected card) could be 39,2

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Does the 250 MCE (vs. the standard 250) actually work with Knoppmyth?

-brendan

sure the MCE will work as long as you find the right tuner type. It may require an ivtv upgrade, but that's all.

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actually, the mce I have works out of the box with the r4V5 release.....

No ivtv changes whatsoever!

Any chance you can tell us if it's the standard or low-profile version? that is, on this page: http://www.hauppauge.com/pages/compare_pvr.html

Is it the 1042 (standard) or 1086 (low profile)?

-brendan

I don't think i've ever seen a low profile mce card, but my 250 mce is a standard version.

My mistake, my google search for 250 MCEs led me to a 150 MCE page, and I didn't notice as I was using that page for part # info. There are only low profile 150s (which are known to not currently work with Knoppmyth).

-brendan

Ok, dumb question, but do i need to have a coax connection going into both tuners of a dual tuner setup?

yes

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hmmmmmmmmmmm, so i have changed the ivtv file to type 39,2

and when i go to watch tv, i get a channel... but no sound.

I cannot change the channel either, as it just stays on the same one....

i am using ivtv-2rc3

Any suggestions?

Did you try both orderings as Xsecrets suggested? Order matters...

well, according to the lspci, the Newer pvr 250 (non-mce) is detected first, then the MCE, so i thought that was the order they were supposed to go in.

root@mythtv:/home/aquamike7# lspci -v | less
Memory at e6003000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
Capabilities: [44] Power Management version 2

00:02.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 USB Controller (rev a4) (prog-if 10 [OHCI])
Subsystem: Chaintech Computer Co. Ltd: Unknown device f444
Flags: bus master, 66Mhz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 11
Memory at e6004000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
Capabilities: [44] Power Management version 2

00:02.2 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 USB Controller (rev a4) (prog-if 20 [EHCI])
Subsystem: Chaintech Computer Co. Ltd: Unknown device f444
Flags: bus master, 66Mhz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 9
Memory at e6005000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
Capabilities: [44] #0a [2080]
Capabilities: [80] Power Management version 2

00:04.0 Ethernet controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Ethernet Controller (rev a1)
Subsystem: Chaintech Computer Co. Ltd: Unknown device f444
Flags: bus master, 66Mhz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 11
Memory at e6000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
I/O ports at d400 [size=8]
Capabilities: [44] Power Management version 2

00:06.0 Multimedia audio controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 AC97 Audio Controler (MCP) (rev a1)
Subsystem: Chaintech Computer Co. Ltd: Unknown device f444
Flags: bus master, 66Mhz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 5
I/O ports at d800 [size=256]
I/O ports at dc00 [size=128]
Memory at e6001000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
Capabilities: [44] Power Management version 2

00:08.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 006c (rev a3) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Flags: bus master, 66Mhz, fast devsel, latency 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=32
Prefetchable memory behind bridge: d8000000-dfffffff

00:09.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation nForce2 IDE (rev a2) (prog-if 8a [Master SecP PriP])
Subsystem: Chaintech Computer Co. Ltd: Unknown device f444
Flags: bus master, 66Mhz, fast devsel, latency 0
I/O ports at f000 [size=16]
Capabilities: [44] Power Management version 2

00:1e.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 AGP (rev c1) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Flags: bus master, 66Mhz, medium devsel, latency 32
Bus: primary=00, secondary=02, subordinate=02, sec-latency=32
Memory behind bridge: e4000000-e5ffffff
Prefetchable memory behind bridge: d0000000-d7ffffff

01:06.0 Multimedia video controller: Internext Compression Inc: Unknown device 0016 (rev 01)
Subsystem: Hauppauge computer works Inc.: Unknown device 4009
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 11
Memory at d8000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=64M]
Capabilities: [44] Power Management version 2

01:08.0 Multimedia video controller: Internext Compression Inc iTVC15 MPEG-2 Encoder (rev 01)
Subsystem: Hauppauge computer works Inc.: Unknown device 4801
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 9
Memory at dc000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=64M]
Capabilities: [44] Power Management version 2

02:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 0185 (rev c1) (prog-if 00 [VGA])
Flags: bus master, 66Mhz, medium devsel, latency 248, IRQ 5
Memory at e4000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]
Memory at d0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=128M]
Expansion ROM at <unassigned> [disabled] [size=128K]
Capabilities: [60] Power Management version 2
Capabilities: [44] AGP version 3.0