[mythtv-users] best current RedHat-based distro for simple MythTV

[Hika van den Hoven]

Hoi Gary,

Monday, July 13, 2015, 7:25:44 PM, you wrote:

> On Mon, Jul 13, 2015 at 4:51 PM, Jerome Yuzyk <jerome at supernet.ab.ca> wrote:
> ....
>> Has anyone tried Fedora 22? Any idea what those processes are?

> Been using Fedora for my MythTV systems for many many years,
> no complaints.  Upgrades are now reasonably easy (supported using
> FedUp), as long as you wait a few weeks for any ancillary repos to
> catch up (if you use them) before the upgrade itself.  But you do
> have to upgrade with some frequency, as trying to skip upgrades
> can result in missing those special steps in the middle.

> Those processes are intended to just report the identification and
> capabilities of a v4l card.  The code itself is basically open the device,
> do an ioctl, and print the (various) results.  Not something that would
> normally result in 100% utilization.  I have not followed the ivtv
> driver work for some time, but it is always best to be sure you are
> running a recent kernel (as fixes are always added).
> _______________________________________________

Not perse true for an old card like the PVR500. The ivtv driver now
also support a lot newer dvr cards. And it wouldn't be the first time
that that broke something for the original PVR1/2/350 and 500 cards.


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