[mythtv-users] Hauppauge PVR questions
Jay Ashworth
jra at baylink.com
Fri Oct 11 18:29:41 UTC 2013
----- Original Message -----
> From: "Devin Heitmueller" <dheitmueller at kernellabs.com>
> On Fri, Oct 11, 2013 at 2:00 PM, Dan Wilga
> <mythtv-users2 at dwilga-linux1.amherst.edu> wrote:
> > My impression is that the feature set in v4l2-ctl is pretty
> > comprehensive
> > with respect to what the driver can do, and it doesn't have anything
> > regarding signal level or quality. I see references to this in the
> > v4l-dvb
> > library, but that's not helpful for the 250/350.
>
> The API does support getting back a signal level (0x0000->0xffff) as
> well as AFC (via the G_TUNER ioctl), and the functionality is
> available in v4l2-ctl. That said, almost no tuners actually support
> it.
About what I figured. It turns out you can actually buy CATV sweep
meters -- pretty decent looking ones, even -- on eBay for about $200.
I may just do that.
Cheers,
-- jra
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