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

[Paul Harrison]

On 02/03/15 18:37, Full Name 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?
>
> Thanks,
> Bill
>

So has any HD PVR 2 owner tried this yet? I don't own one but curious to 
know if it works.

It compiled OK here once I made the rebuild.sh executable and 
HDPVR2-testApp -h works but that is as far as I can go.

Paul H.