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

[Frank Phillips]

On Mon, Mar 2, 2015 at 12:37 PM, Full Name <ritonak at myway.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Hauppauge has released an open source Linux driver for its HD PVR 2 model
> 1512, capable of capturing a 1080p video stream over HDMI.
>
> ftp://ftp.hauppauge.com/Support/Test/Lin/hauppauge_driver_src_ver5.tgz
>
> This is the only personal video recorder on the market that can capture
> full HD video at 30 fps (1080p30) over HDMI and that has an open source
> Linux driver.
>
> It would be great to have this driver merged upstream so that it works
> with Linux out of the box. Could anyone ask the kernel developers on the
> linux-media list (http://www.linuxtv.org/lists.php) if they would be
> interested in porting it?
>
>
This appears to be a userspace driver that uses libusb. I doubt whether it
makes any sense to create a kernel module from it, although someone could
certainly refactor and maintain it as a project.
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