[mythtv-users] USB-Live2 won't work in myth, options for STB capture?

[Michael Watson]

On 20/05/2015 4:43 PM, Robin Gilks wrote:
>> On 19 May 2015 at 07:47, Robin Gilks <g8ecj at gilks.org> wrote:
>>> Been trying for days to get a USB-Live2 to work with myth but although I
>>> can get video from it with vlc and mplayer, not heard any sound yet
>>> (although pulseaudio creates a new input.
>>>
>>> Nothing happening in myth although mythtv-setup probes it OK it doesn't
>>> seem to know what sort of card it is (PVR150/mjpeg capture etc) and no
>>> sign of anything sensible in the audio selection.
>> This blog post might be helpful:
>>
>> http://random0musings.blogspot.co.uk/2015/01/video-capture-with-hauppauge-usb-live2.html
>>
>> The device is an analog framegrabber (so does not provide a usable
>> MPEG-2 stream off the device, AFAICT) so would need to be configured
>> as such in mythtv-setup. The blog post should help you find which
>> audio device to use.
> Didn't realise it was a framegrabber - that being the case I won't bother
> with it.
>
> Looks like whilst I'm looking for a more permanent solution I could use
> the failing HVR2200 in an old PC and set it up as a slave backend. At
> least then I don't have to reboot the main server all the time.
Or power down when not required for recording.

> More reading...
>