[mythtv-users] Pinnacle PCTV HD Pro Stick

Chris Ribe chrisribe at gmail.com
Sun May 18 05:36:39 UTC 2008


>  I posted the link to my setup in
> a previous reply, but I'll add it again just for fun...
>
>
> http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/User:Lynchmv#Pinnacle_PCTV_HD_USB_Pro_Stick_notes
>
> I can record shows, watch live tv and do everything that MythTV does
> with regular tuners with this nifty little USB stick.  It is the 4th
> tuner in my system and I got it really just to see if it would work
> and to see what OTA HD channels I could pick up out in the sticks.
>

A word of caution for those interested  in one of these devices: as the wiki
entry about notes, getting the HD Pro Stick working requires building and
installing a forked version of the v4l-dvb kernel module that may not work
with your currently installed v4l devices.

I've bought one of these about 18 months ago and eventually got it working,
but as of three months ago, the Markus Rechberger fork of the v4l-dvb kernel
module was incompatible with my PVR-150, and there have been only three
commits to the hg repository since then.

Furthermore,  the Rechberger fork has been out of the v4l trunk for 11
months now, and last I checked there was noreturn in sight due to a
personality conflict between the developers involved (search the v4l mailing
list archives for details).

So, beware that you are getting into a less-than-fully-supported situation
before buying one of these things.

-chris
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