[mythtv-users] RE: V-Stream 2388x Compatibility

[Kevin]

>>On Wed, 23 Mar 2005 16:33:58 -0500, Kevin <kevinaj at gmail.com> wrote:
> >Has anyone gotten an V-Stream 2388x pci video capture card to work with
myth
> >yet. I received this card as a Chritsmas Gift. It is based on the conxant
> >cx88 chipset And has only composite in (no tv tuner). This was a cheap
$20
> >card so I have my doubts. I am running KnoppMyth on a self-compiled
2.6.11
>> kernel with v4l 1 and 2 enabled. Any tips/suggestions/success stories
would
>> be appreciated.
>> 
> >-Kevin-

>Have you tried manually modprobing the cx88-dvb driver? If so, did it
>fail or give any useful output? I'm sure I saw mention of V-stream in
>the source for the driver a while back.
>
>As you are manually compiling your kernel, I might suggest getting a
>recent v4l patch from here http://linux.bytesex.org/v4l2/cx88.html and
>see if it helps at all. I would hope that the driver realised there
>was no tuner and just gave access to the composite input.
>
>Hopefully another user may have better and more concrete advice for you!
>
>Cheers,
>Nick

I have not tried mod probing yet but I have off school today (spring break)
so I will try your suggestions and get back shortly. Thanks for the
suggestions

-Kevin-