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

[Lennart Sorensen]

On Mon, Mar 02, 2015 at 01:39:45PM -0500, Full Name wrote:
> Hauppauge has released an open source Linux driver for its HD PVR 2 model 1512, capable of capturing a 1080p video stream over HDMI.

They released a program that can capture from the HD PVR 2.  There is
no driver in there.

> 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?

There is nothing to merge.  You would have to start from scratch actually
writing a driver.

All this thing does is use libusb to talk to the device over USB from
user space.  There is no driver at all (although an empty directory in
the tar file named 'Driver' does exist).

It may however provide enough information to create a driver.  Much better
than nothing.

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Len Sorensen