[mythtv-users] Which device is which

[James Dastrup]

On Wed, 2006-02-15 at 12:34 -0500, Michael Haan wrote:
> On 2/15/06, James Dastrup <jc at dastrup.com> wrote:
>         On Tue, 2006-02-14 at 21:32 -0500, Michael Haan wrote:
>         > On 2/14/06, Nick Rout <nick at rout.co.nz> wrote:
>         >
>         >         On Tue, 14 Feb 2006 21:09:27 -0500
>         >         Michael Haan wrote: 
>         >
>         >         > I've got a pvr-350, and HD3000 and a DVICO Fusion5
>         Lite, but
>         >         I'm having a hard time telling which device is being
>         loaded
>         >         where, specifically the HD3000 and the
>         pvr-350.  Attached is 
>         >         my dmesg output - can anyone help?
>         >
>         >
>         >         I don't know what a dvico fusion is, but the drivers
>         i can see
>         >         seem to load in the order:
>         >
>         >         bttv
>         >         ivtv - thats the pvr 350
>         >         hd3000 (whatever driver that actually is0
>         >
>         >         so the devices should appear
>         at /dev/video0, /dev/video1 etc,
>         >         or they might be /dev/video/0 /dev/video/1 etc 

>         >
>         > Ok, and the dvb devices on the Fusion and the HD3000?  There
>         seems to
>         > be only /dev/dvb0/adapter0/frontend0...
>         > _______________________________________________
>         
>         Not sure where you got the "hd3000" module from. I would
>         suggest using 
>         the built-in kernel driver for the pcHDTV-3000. You need at
>         least kernel
>         ver 2.6.12 and the module you load is called "cx88-dvb".  It
>         will show
>         up as /dev/dvb/adapter0, and any other cards that use the same
>         driver 
>         will show up as /dev/dvb/adapter1, /dev/dvb/adapter2, etc.

> 
> I'm running 2.6.15 and lsmod shows cx88_dvb is loaded.  So, I'm
> confused, because dmesg shows the bttv card as dvb0 and there are no
> other dvb listings in /dev. 

I'm not exactly sure about the bttv card (Is that needed for the DVico
card?)  Anyway, for the hd3000, this is exactly what you need, nothing
more, with kernel 2.6.15:

Multimedia Devices -->
  <*> Video For Linux -->
      Video For Linux -->
         <M> Conexant 2388x (bt878 successor) support
         <M>  DVB/ATSC Support for cx2388x based TV cards
         [ ]   Build all supported frontends for cx2388x based TV cards
         [*]     OR51132 ATSC Support
      Digital Video Broadcasting Devices  --->
         [*] DVB For Linux
             Customise DVB Frontends  ---> 
               <M> OR51132 based (pcHDTV HD3000 card)