[mythtv-users] anybody have experience with the WinTV-HVR-1975 on linux yet ?

[Rob Verduijn]

2016-03-06 19:28 GMT+01:00 Curtis Gedak <gedakc at gmail.com>:
>
>
> On 16-03-06 11:18 AM, Frank Phillips wrote:
>> On Sun, Mar 6, 2016 at 11:39 AM, Rob Verduijn <rob.verduijn at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> 2016-03-06 16:22 GMT+01:00 Gary Buhrmaster <gary.buhrmaster at gmail.com>:
>>>> On Sun, Mar 6, 2016 at 9:53 AM, Rob Verduijn <rob.verduijn at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>> .....
>>>>> Does it work well on linux ?
>>>>
>>>> If you mean, as in "free"/"in kernel" drivers, the (usually)
>>>> definitive answer can be found on the linuxtv.org site.
>>>> Alternatively, I suspect that it works fine when using
>>>> Hauppauge's NDA Linux drivers (which likely have a
>>>> price associated with licensing them).
>>>
>>>
>>> I can't seem to find any hardware related parts on the video4linux
>>> site, and since my googling did not give a definitive answer.
>>> Could you provide a link to the part of the website that describes the
>>> compatible hardware ?
>>>
>>> If anybody does have experience with the hauppauge wintv-hvr-1975
>>> please do share.
>>>
>>>
>> On the left, the wiki link is called "V4L-DVB". The pdf you linked to
>> mentions the retail version is the HVR-1950 (newer version is the HVR-1955):
>>
>> http://linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/Hauppauge_WinTV-HVR-1950
>
>
> From the Hauppauge web site it looks like you can download linux drivers
> for Ubuntu 14.04.2 with kernel 3.16.
>
> http://www.hauppauge.com/site/support/linux.html
>
> They also appear to have updated or kernel included patches for newer
> versions of Ubuntu.
>
> As far as I can tell, you do not need to sign an Non-Disclosure
> Agreement, and can instead directly download and use the drivers.
>
> Curtis
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Hi,

I found that document and links to ubuntu as well.

So I know that in the past there was a wintv-hvr-1975 that was sold as
a wintv-hvr-1950 and later wintv-hvr-1955, which where compatible
(sorta)
There is now a wintv-hvr-1975 on the market that "might" be compatible.
But since I already own a completely useless hauppauge unit that was
linux compatible in most articles, except that mine had a different
chip which made it utterly useless on linux and I don't want to repeat
the experience.

So this question is for people who already own a wintv-hvr-1975
I'm talking about this device :
http://www.hauppauge.co.uk/site/products/data_hvr1975.html
Could you please share your experience on linux with it ?

Cheers
Rob Verduijn