[mythtv-users] Hauppauge HD-PVR will not initially support Linux

[Marc Randolph]

On Tue, Apr 8, 2008 at 10:17 AM, Mark Hutchinson <mark at onnow.net> wrote:
>  >>  Whether or not the IVTV guys get much help
>  >>  from Hauppauge, I don't know.
>  >
>  > Hans Verkuil would know exactly the level because he is the main
>  > developer of the ivtv drivers. However I do remember him mentioning
>  > that they provide him some support along with diagrams.
>
>  Interesting.  Curious, has anyone talked to him to see if any
>  hardware/diagrams have been already supplied?
>  I am just curious what level of support will be anticipated when the
>  device is  released.

While Hans is an excellent resource, and may be involved with a driver
for the HD-PVR, most people seem to be missing that ivtv is mainly
focused on the Conexent-based devices.  The HD-PVR is based on a
brand-new chip - and just as importantly, a chip from a company with
no history (that I can find) in the Linux world.  New
reverse-engineering may need to be done.  Not trying to sound grim or
discouraging - just laying out the possibilities.

In a super high-level sense, the driver for the HD-PVR is going to be
slightly more similar to pvrusb2 driver (now maintained by Mike Isely
at http://www.isely.net/pvrusb2/pvrusb2.html) than the ivtv driver,
but even that is a stretch.  It is going to be a new driver.

   Marc