[mythtv-users] pen Source Linux driver for Hauppauge HD PVR 2 (1080p over HDMI) released!

[Frank Phillips]

On Sat, Aug 22, 2015 at 7:25 PM, José Silva <jsantossilva at hotmail.com>
wrote:

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> On 22-08-2015 23:23, Eric B wrote:
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>> I can confirm that the v6 works really well with a HDPVR2, However I
>> have to update the device id it was looking to use as I have different
>> model.
>> Here is the link to the hauppauge beta driver page and directions to get
>> it working
>>
>> http://www.hauppauge.com/site/support/linux.html#tab-3
>>
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> I have tested v6.505 with a HDPVR2 GE Plus and, as much as I can tell,
> that is not a driver, it's just a testApp, test application.
>
> After building, you call it as: ./HDPVR2-testApp -f video.ts
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> And I can confirm it works, not consistently, creating the video.ts disk
> file. But this is the only way the package lets you make a capture.
>
> I might be wrong, let the knowledgeable people speak up, but for me a
> driver creates a device like for instance /dev/video0, which will allow
> other applications, not just testApp, to access the hardware device and
> make their own capture.
>
>
It does contain a driver, probably just not a type you're used to. Instead
of a kernel module it is a userspace driver (using libusb). The evidence is
in Common/Wrappers/linux.
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