[mythtv-users] /dev/video32 versus /dev/video1

[Kirk Anderson]

I am using the pcHDTV HD-3000 card in mythtv-setup.
Along with a PVR-350 and a WebCam.

I compiled the pcHDTV-2.0 drivers. From everything I read they still
support both ATSC and DVB.





Paul Leppert wrote:
>Kirk,
>
>Are you using the pcHDTV capture card in mythtvsetup?  I think with
>the new drivers you need to be using the DVB capture card.  Try this
>with video1 and see if that works for you.
>
>phlepper
>  

         > Hoping that someone can help me out here .....

         >I have an HD-3000 card in my Myth box (along with a PVR-350
        and WebCam).
         >I can successfully perform the following steps:
         >  --) dtvscan /dev/video1  (reports back 8 or so legitimate
        HDTV stations)
         > --) dtvsignal /dev/video1 23 (reports 97% signal strength) 
         > --) getatsc > >    /dev/video1 23 > test.mpg  (produces a
        legal mpg file)
         >
         >If I try to use /dev/video32 instead, I get NOTHING.
         >
         >My issue is: when I go into "mythtv-setup" --> "Capture
        Cards", if I try to use
         >/dev/video1, Myth tells me there are NO legal inputs there. 
        Then I switch it
         >to look at /dev/video32 and it tells me:
         >  SVideo-0...3
         >  Composite-0..3
         >  Tuner0
         >
         >But if I try to watch LiveTV with it, I just get a black
        screeen and eventually it
         >returns me back to the main window.
         >
         >I don't understand the discrepancy between /dev/video1 and
        /dev/video32. Why
         >outside of Myth can I successfully use /dev/video1, but inside
        Myth I seem to
         >be forced down the use of /dev/video32 ?
         >
         >BTW: I've tried making links from video32 to video1, but it
        didn't help.
         >
         >Thanks for any help.
         >
         >Kirk