SageTV only sees 1 of the 4 HDPVRS that are installed

[plawlor]

Sorry for the duplicate post, but my question is buried within a related post so not sure people will see it...

I just upgraded my SageTV Server. I am running Windows Server 2008 R2 because the server doubles as my domain controller and MS Exchange Server. Don't worry, it's got plenty of horsepower and memory. I followed all of the instructions in this post to get the BDA files installed:

http://forums.sagetv.com/forums/showthread.php?t=43828

I've done it a few times just to be sure and everything appears to be okay. However, I could see when the batch file ran that a few files could not be found. Also, when I inserted the Registry entries, entries 9-11 "Failed to Access the Registry" -- all others inserted successfully. Does this mean anything?

I then installed the HDPVR drivers (1.5.7). All four were detected and show up properly in Device Manager. I also installed TME and when I run it, I can toggle between each of the 4 HDPVRs and I get video and sound from all 4 of them as I should. When I launch SageTV, it only sees 1 of the 4 HDPVRs as an available capture device. I've tried both 6.6 and 7.0 Beta and get the exact same behaviour in both.

Has anyone seen this before? What can I do to get SageTV to recognize the other 3 HDPVRs.

Thank you.

[DeanONH]

I have exactly the same problem with 2 HDPVRs; TME is ok, Sage is not.

Are you using SPDIF audio? It may be that multiple HDPVRs can't use SPDIF.

Dean

[plawlor]

I am. On my old server (Vista), I used all 4 HDPVRs and SPDIF with no troubles.

[DeanONH]

My server is running Win 7 64bit, how about you?

[plawlor]

I'm running Windows Server 2008 R2 64-Bit.

[michelkenny]

I'm betting it is because you are running Windows 2008. I've looked into it before, and even with the BDA hack things are probably not set up 100%. I would install XP/Vista/7/2003 on the computer for Sage and the HDPVRs. If you must have Win 2008 R2 then I would install VMware to run Win 2008 for your DC and Exchange. I don't think that Sage on Win 2008 is worth the hassle.

If SageTV will become important in your house, you should really have a dedicated box for Sage anyways, and a 2nd one for your DC / Exchange. You'll be rebooting / breaking your DC / Exchange server a bunch, and you don't want to break your Sage server.

[paulbeers]

While this isn't a comment on Windows 2008..... Anytime Sage isn't seeing a tuner, you should check in the properties file to see if it is listed under the "ignore_encoders" (or something like that) line.

[plawlor]

Paul,

That was it. As soon as you wrote that, I remembered a post I had seen in the past and did a search for it. Sure enough, my HDPVRs were listed in the "ignore..." properties file entry. So I shut Sage service down, removed the entry, started Sage up again and viola, all tuners were there.

I finished the install last night and everything is working great!

Thanks.

[paulbeers]

Originally Posted by plawlor

Paul,

That was it. As soon as you wrote that, I remembered a post I had seen in the past and did a search for it. Sure enough, my HDPVRs were listed in the "ignore..." properties file entry. So I shut Sage service down, removed the entry, started Sage up again and viola, all tuners were there.

I finished the install last night and everything is working great!

Thanks.

Glad to hear it. I haven't used Windows 2008 so I wasn't sure if it was a driver/platform limitation you were experiencing so that is why I mentioned it only as a "normal" troubleshooting check....