Can only tune 2 channels with Hauppauge WinTV-quadHD

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This may be related to the other Hauppauge WinTV-quadHD post here, but my problem is that if two shows are recording, I cannot tune another channel despite the fact that I should have two more tuners available. It doesn’t matter which “Guide” I use, both give me the same “Would you like to cancel ‘XXX’ show and continue, or would you like to cancel ‘YYY’ show and continue?”

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You have added the device twice to get all 4 tuners available? From the Supported DVR Tuners and Antennas page under the Notes section towards the bottom:

WinTV-quadHD: This device will show up as two dual-tuner devices. You can simply add it as two devices to a single Plex DVR to make use of all four tuners.

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I think it may be that the channel identifiers are the same on both dual tuners.

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@johnm_ColaSC Yes, it does show up as two dual tuners, but I think that @LordProgrammer 's suggestion may be correct, since I literally had to program in all the channels manually pretty much, so I pretty much copy/pasted the configuration for both tuners.

I’m not really sure how I may fix that, though.

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try using the id of the tuner for the first octet. tuner1= triplet://0:51:1 tuner2= triplet://1:51:1 for the same channel

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heres a shortcut for ya

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Thanks for the link, unfortunately my server is Linux based, should still be able to manually adjust it with the first suggestion though.

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let me know if that works for you. Im interested in knowing if thats the issue.

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Just FYI, as a first attempt, I copied my db to a Windows 10 computer, ran your tool, and then copied it back and it basically broke my server… not exactly sure WHAT it did, but Plex became unreachable until I restored my original database.

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Ok, after your instructions “failed” I decided to actually follow the directions by deleting the DVR from Plex before replacing the database… this appears that it actually may work, it’s just updating the program guide now, and it’s the perfect time to test since it’s recording two shows at the moment, AND I’m finally able to tune another channel simultaneously.

Thanks for your help.

What language is your tool written in? I may be able to compile it for Linux

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C++ im woking on linux at the moment. Thanks for the confirmation.