[mythtv-users] Adding a Hauppauge WinTV PVR to an existing MythTVbox...

[Derek Conniffe]

Yes - It looks like the software to make this card work as a standard
BTTV/878 card is pvr.sourceforge.net which allows it to work as a BTTV
capture card (audio/video) only with no mpeg encoding and it looks quite
out-of-date - so I'm not going to try to make it work (I'm also unsure of
how to use MythTV to generate (transcode?) MPEG files compatable with the
PVR350 like the PVR350 & Nexus-S generate).  So I've put the card for sale
on ebay and I'll cut my losses a bit maybe.  I might try to buy another
PVR350 or PVR250 - I might even chance a PVR150 but I'm a bit afraid of how
to get a PVR150 working alongside the existing PVR350 with the latest IVTV
drivers.

Thanks for the help,

Derek 

-----Original Message-----
From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org
[mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of Andrew Ziobro
Sent: 12 April 2005 20:11
To: Discussion about mythtv
Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Adding a Hauppauge WinTV PVR to an existing
MythTVbox...

> So I've picked up another Hauppauge card from Ebay...
> 
> It's a "Hauppauge WinTV PVR" (but not a 250 or 350) - however it seems 
> to be
> BT878 based (hello BTTV) but also seems to have a MPEG2 encoder on-board.
> 0000:01:0b.0 Multimedia video controller: Brooktree Corporation Bt878 
> Video Capt ure (rev 11)
>         Subsystem: Hauppauge computer works Inc.: Unknown device 4500
>         Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 23
>         Memory at f6afe000 (32-bit, prefetchable)
>         Capabilities: [44] Vital Product Data
>         Capabilities: [4c] Power Management version 2
> 
> 0000:01:0b.1 Multimedia controller: Brooktree Corporation Bt878 Audio 
> Capture (r ev 11)
>         Subsystem: Hauppauge computer works Inc.: Unknown device 4500
>         Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 23
>         Memory at f6aff000 (32-bit, prefetchable)
>         Capabilities: [44] Vital Product Data
>         Capabilities: [4c] Power Management version 2
This is the first version. As far as I know you can use the card ONLY as a
standard BT878 type card.  I have one, and have been using it that way. I am
doing the encoding in SOFTWARE. You need the rom file in the proper location
when setting up the card or you will not get any audio. Check the docs in
kernel tree. Good Luck. If you ever find a way to get the hardware encoder
working in linux, PLEASE drop a line.
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