> Michael T. Dean <mtdean@thirdcontact.com> wrote:

> There's no need to exit.  You /must/, however, use Delete all capture 
> cards (and /not/ Delete all capture cards on <hostname>) to reset the 
> numbers.  If you don't, numbers aren't reset--regardless of whether you 
> exit or not.
> 
> Still, even if you have cards 45, 83, 192, and 221, with equally-well 
> dispersed input ID's, everything works fine--as long as you use the 
> right process to configure them (configure each with X>1 virtual tuners, 
> 

With respect to input numbers I agree it does not specifically matter if you tuners are numbered #1-#12 or numbered #13-#24 but for the same reason you should use comments when you write code it makes it easier to understand for other users (and it satisfies the OCD devil inside me ;-) )
Keep in mind that people watching live TV and needing to switch input will see inputs numbered in the same fashion as the tuners and may wonder why the system has 221 inputs and what the previous 220 are being used for.

With respect to exiting between making changes to the tuner line-up, in the last 2-3 years that I have been using this strategy (since I first found out about it from you) on my boxes and others that I have set up I have ALWAYS found that to get the virtual tuners in the correct order I have had to exit, allow for a mythfilldatabase update and then go back in to make the additional changes.  There may be some unnecessary steps included that I am not aware of but at least I know that this way will always work for me and it is an easy procedure to explain over the phone if my brother needs to reconfigure his system ;-)

I don't know why you would ever want it to be fixed such that users never see the input IDs. I can't see any advantages to this and only more difficulty in managing conflicts.