[mythtv-users] Plextor external USB capture device

[Jim Minihane]

A couple of weeks. Hmmmm. Perhaps I'll return them and just get PVR-500s.
Cheaper per encoder anyway. Heh heh heh. I'll try Mythdora and see what
happens with the PVR-500 I have. Fun times!

> -----Original Message-----
> From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org [mailto:mythtv-users-
> bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of Brian Wood
> Sent: Monday, March 27, 2006 9:52 PM
> To: Discussion about mythtv
> Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Plextor external USB capture device
> 
> 
> On Mar 27, 2006, at 7:37 PM, Jim Minihane wrote:
> 
> > Yeah, That's what I thought was kind of weird. I've just installed
> > FC4 on a
> > machine. I had errors until I didn't create a partition as xfs or
> > jfs. Now
> > that I've updated it (yum), I'll try creating a partition as jfs or
> > xfs in
> > the remaining 38GB. It wouldn't recognize my onboard sound either.
> > I'd just
> > LOVE to find a distro that doesn't throw errors. Knoppmyth wouldn't
> > install
> > either. So here it is... Do the Plextors work with Mythdora or not?
> > I'll
> > switch to PVR-500's if I have to. Will they be recognized
> > automatically? I'd
> > rather not go through distro after distro. If no one lese has done
> > this then
> > I'll have to but I suspect that nothing I am about to try has never
> > been
> > done. I'd like to leverage previous knowledge.
> 
> At present the Plextors do not work with MythDora, I suspect, but do
> not know for sure, that they will not work on any FC-4 system.
> 
> They did work for me on a Gentoo system and a Knoppmyth system, both
> 0.18 and 0.19.
> 
> The problem seems to be related to the ALSA modules and the Plextor
> drivers (go7007) not playing well together. If oyu are having sound
> problems you will have to get that straightened out before any Myth
> Distro will work.
> 
> I really believe that the Plextor problem will be resolved, and we
> will all laugh about how stupid the problem really was. I would be
> surprised if it takes more than 2 or 3 weeks to get it figured out,
> but I have been surprised before :-)
> 
> The 500s should work on any recent distro using recent IVTV drivers.
> They should be automatically recognized but not as a 500, I think
> they get recognized as 2 150s (which is what they really are).
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