[mythtv-users] PVR-350 won't record without reboot

Michael T. Dean mtdean at thirdcontact.com
Tue Nov 24 21:41:29 UTC 2009


On 11/24/2009 04:22 PM, f-myth-users wrote:
>     > Date: Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:59:20 -0500
>     > From: "Michael T. Dean"
>
>     > And note that MythTV trunk can still use the PVR-350 TV out with the 
>     > ivtvfb module and Xv video output.
>
> Is this still true on kernels with ivtv 1.4.0 or greater, given that they
> use slightly different ioctls and http://svn.mythtv.org/trac/ticket/6366
> was just closed as wontfix?  (OTOH, if Myth drops the 350, then a dominant
> user of the old ioctls vanishes and they can eventually be removed.  But
> it may break even fb usage of 350's under Myth, not just MPEG2 output.)

Should all be handled by the ivtv frame buffer driver.  Myth /now/ 
speaks only to X and lets the drivers do their thing--i.e. the whole 
purpose of having device drivers.

Mike


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