[mythtv-users] ATSC input of Pinnacle PCTV HD 800i not working

[Daryl McDonald]

On Sep 27, 2014 11:54 PM, "Gary Buhrmaster" <gary.buhrmaster at gmail.com>
wrote:
>
> On Sun, Sep 28, 2014 at 1:02 AM, Devin Heitmueller
> <dheitmueller at kernellabs.com> wrote:
> ....
> > Ultimately this is probably a regression in the cx88 driver, possibly
> > a result of some arbitrary refactoring somebody did to move buffers
> > for I2C from using stack allocated memory (there were a number of such
> > regressions in the last few months).  Probably makes sense to complain
> > over on the linux-media mailing list.
>
> Thanks for the info..  I sometimes wish there was a more serious
> regression testing process for Linux core updates, especially with
> various hardware (with, of course, someone probably having to
> contribute the "lab" to do it; yes, I know this is not trivial to test
> all the combinations, but it is also important, from one point of view).
> I guess if one does not have the "latest and greatest" it is no longer
> relevant, and no one cares (and if the vendor has EOLed the
> product, probably even fewer). For better or worse, it is one of the
> reasons I have recently tend to use network tuners that do not depend
> on in-kernel modules (only on vendor libraries that have their own
> set of issues and incompatibilities, some really ugly), says someone
> who used to compile the ivtv kernel modules for every new kernel
> (the "good" old days).
>
> Oh well, at least Jacob has a place to go commiserate with
> other unlucky users.
>
> Thanks.
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I'm using the PCTV 800i with Ubuntu 14.04 and Myth 0.27  and the newest
kernel. It is currently configured by the database backup, but in my
experimentation, It did present when I setup the capture cards. Is this
your only card?
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