[mythtv-users] Trouble with DVB-C card, only partially recognized

[Robert McNamara]

On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 10:24 AM, Jurgen Kramer <gtmkramer at xs4all.nl> wrote:
> On Fri, 2011-02-25 at 10:02 -0800, Robert McNamara wrote:
>> On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 9:59 AM, Jurgen Kramer <gtmkramer at xs4all.nl> wrote:
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > Today I added an additional Mystique CaBiX-C2 (KNC-ONE clone) PCI DVB-C
>> > card to my MythTV setup. The card is only partially recognized by
>> > MythTV, in mythtv-setup it shows an
>> > additional /dev/dvb/adapterX/frontendX but without the
>> > accompanying /dev/videoX. Checking kernel messages reveals it does not
>> > register the /dev/video component.
>>
>>
>> /dev/video nodes are for analog devices.  Your card is a digital tuner.
>>
> Thanks for the quick reply. It seems /dev/video devices are still
> created for the digital cards. I currently have two working cards:
>
> [   12.317141] Linux video capture interface: v2.00
> [   12.559484] saa7146_vv: saa7146 (0): registered device video0 [v4l2]
> [   12.969262] saa7146_vv: saa7146 (1): registered device video1 [v4l2]
>
> AFAIK digital videocard still use /dev/video to get the (digital)
> stream.

No, that is not correct.  /dev/dvb/frontend# is used for digital
devices.  No /dev/video is necessary, /dev/video is for analog devices
*only*.

Robert