[mythtv-users] VDPAU update from the front lines, December 2008

[Gerald Brandt]

----- "Brad DerManouelian" <myth at dermanouelian.com> wrote: 
> On Dec 3, 2008, at 8:42 PM, Steve Heistand wrote: 
> 
> > at boot time 
> > they dont always get assigned to the same /dev/video? port. 
> > which only matters if you have usb channel changers. 
> > sometimes it tries to record on one unit but change the channel 
> > of the STB hooked to another unit... 
> 
> I had this problem until I wrote some udev rules to make sure they 
> always come up as the same device. 
> The only difference between them are the serial numbers so you need to 
> use those in your rule. These are mine: 
> 
> KERNEL=="video[0-9]", SYSFS{name}=="Hauppauge HD PVR", 
> SYSFS{serial}=="00A20C53", NAME="video0", SYMLINK+="HDPVR0" 
> KERNEL=="video[0-9]", SYSFS{name}=="Hauppauge HD PVR", 
> SYSFS{serial}=="00A200E1", NAME="video1", SYMLINK+="HDPVR1" 

I solved this one by using Xen and passing the video device through. Well, that and it was cool. 

Gerald 

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