Thread: How to change default tuner

Hi. I have 2 capture devices configured and working in MythTV 0.18. I can switch between them with the y key and all is well.

I know how to set the priority level so one is chosen for recordings over the other one, but I want to change which one is used by default when I select "Watch TV". Right now it's using card A and I want it to use card B first without having to always hit the Y key.

Can this be done without removing both from the setup and re-adding them in the order I want?

Hi!

Good question!

I had the same problem and found this solution:
MythTV use MySQL database...
1. Use a MySQL manager like MySQLCC to edit mythconverg-database
2. Double click on table "capturecard"
3. Change values in first column. Tuner with "cardid" = 1 will be default!!!
4. Save changes for table
5. Double click on table "cardinput"
6. Change values in second column "cardid" to correspond with your values in pt. 3 above.
7. Change values in first column "cardinputid". Set your default card to 1, next 2 and so on ...
7. Save changes for table
8. Exit database management and restart mythbackend or reboot pc

Works for me!

Thanks for the reply. That will work. Too bad the UI doesn't have an "easy" way for casual users to do this, but at least there's a way around it.

Agree with you!

Maybe in a future version...