[mythtv-users] Adding a Hauppauge WinTV PVR to an existing MythTV box...

Larry K lunchtimelarry at gmail.com
Mon Apr 11 22:25:54 UTC 2005


My guess is...You install it, boot up, go into mythtvsetup and configure 
another capture card. I'd say everything else will work as-is, (ie, ivtv 
driver is already there). I'm planning to do the same thing as you.

On Apr 11, 2005 5:22 PM, Derek Conniffe <derek at rivertower.ie> wrote:
> 
> Hi All again!
> 
> I'm really enjoying my MythTV box now - I've got a PVR350 and a Nexus-S 
> card
> in there working really well and providing lots of entertainment for the
> whole family.
> 
> There are times when I'd really like to record two programs at the same 
> time
> and unless one is "normal" TV and one is Satellite I can't.
> 
> So I've picked up another Hauppauge card from Ebay...
> 
> It's a "Hauppauge WinTV PVR" (but not a 250 or 350) - however it seems to 
> be
> BT878 based (hello BTTV) but also seems to have a MPEG2 encoder on-board.
> 
> Does anyone know how I can get this to work with an existing MythTV
> installation? I'm using my PVR350 for MPEG2 TV output (really good when
> using a PVR350 and a Nexus-S!) but I'd guess that if I only use the BTTV
> driver for the WinTV PVR card then the recordings wouldn't be MPEG2 by
> default?
> 
> Is there some way to use the MPEG encoder on the Hauppauge WintTV PVR or 
> is
> there some way to record from the card and then store in MPEG2 format for
> playback on the PVR350?
> 
> Many many thanks as always,
> 
> Derek
> 
> PS my lspci -v output for the my Hauppauge WinTV PVR card:
> 
> 0000:01:0b.0 Multimedia video controller: Brooktree Corporation Bt878 
> Video
> Capt
> ure (rev 11)
> Subsystem: Hauppauge computer works Inc.: Unknown device 4500
> Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 23
> Memory at f6afe000 (32-bit, prefetchable)
> Capabilities: [44] Vital Product Data
> Capabilities: [4c] Power Management version 2
> 
> 0000:01:0b.1 Multimedia controller: Brooktree Corporation Bt878 Audio
> Capture (r
> ev 11)
> Subsystem: Hauppauge computer works Inc.: Unknown device 4500
> Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 23
> Memory at f6aff000 (32-bit, prefetchable)
> Capabilities: [44] Vital Product Data
> Capabilities: [4c] Power Management version 2
> 
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