[mythtv-users] WinTV 401 w/cx881 chipset

Matt Perry cwd at unshift.net
Tue Jun 15 22:56:20 EDT 2004


Oops.  That should be "relatively new".

	- Matt


On Tuesday 15 June 2004 10:40 pm, Matt Perry wrote:
> I've been having the same problem.
>
> From what I've read, and I really can't confirm this, but MythTV uses V4L1
> while the cx88 drivers use a relatively V4L2 API which isn't quite in Myth
> yet.
>
> Again, can't confirm, but I do have a cx88-based card (ATI Tv Wonder Pro)
> and am having the same problem.
>
> Hope this helps,
> 	- Matt
>
> On Tuesday 15 June 2004 06:38 pm, David McKenna wrote:
> > I just purchased a Hauppuage WinTV 401 card, and it came with the cx881
> > chipset rather than the bttv.  I've done a little research and read that
> > this basically will not work at this time.  Can anyone confirm this as
> > true?  I'm using Debian Sarge, kernel 2.6, on a tyan kt400 s2495 mb,
> > with an athalon xp 2700 processor.  I can only get one channel to
> > display, Myth locks up when I change channel, and I'm not sure if the
> > problem is one of bad configuration or lack of compatibilty.  I'm a
> > pretty much a newbie when it come to linux hardware configuration, so
> > let me know what I should look for if you can.  Thanks in advance.  Dave
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