[mythtv-users] pcHDTV analog on 0.21 ?

[Harry Devine]

Kevin Bailey wrote:
> I bought another PC to bring up 0.21 on (so I'd still have
> the old 0.20 one running) and popped in a spare pcHDTV 3000.
> (Actually I swapped cards because I knew the old one
> worked.) But I'm having trouble getting it all configured.
>
> After much wrangling, I finally got it so 'mythtv' could log
> into mysql. The distros really need to work on that. Hasn't
> changed since 0.18...
>
> I'm using the 2.6.24 kernel on Hardy.
>
> I verified that the kernel recognizes the card as having an
> analog half:
>
> % lspci
> ...
> 01:06.0 Multimedia video controller: Conexant CX23880/1/2/3 PCI Video and Audio Decoder (rev 05)
> 01:06.1 Multimedia controller: Conexant CX23880/1/2/3 PCI Video and Audio Decoder [Audio Port] (rev 05)
> 01:06.2 Multimedia controller: Conexant CX23880/1/2/3 PCI Video and Audio Decoder [MPEG Port] (rev 05)
>
> The loaded modules seem to be identical to my working 0.20 set-up:
>
> % lsmod | grep cx88
> cx88_dvb               16388  0 
> cx88_vp3054_i2c         4864  1 cx88_dvb
> videobuf_dvb            8708  1 cx88_dvb
> cx88_alsa              16648  1 
> cx8802                 22276  1 cx88_dvb
> cx8800                 42628  0 
> cx88xx                 72744  4 cx88_dvb,cx88_alsa,cx8802,cx8800
> ...
>
> I assume this is correct:
>
> % ls -l /dev/dvb/adapter0/
> total 0
> crw-rw----+ 1 root video 212, 4 2008-09-14 20:05 demux0
> crw-rw----+ 1 root video 212, 5 2008-09-14 20:05 dvr0
> crw-rw----+ 1 root video 212, 3 2008-09-14 20:05 frontend0
> crw-rw----+ 1 root video 212, 7 2008-09-14 20:05 net0
> % ls -l /dev/video0 
> crw-rw----+ 1 root video 81, 0 2008-09-14 20:05 /dev/video0
> % ls -l /dev/dsp*
> crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 14,  3 2008-09-14 20:05 /dev/dsp
> crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 14, 19 2008-09-14 20:05 /dev/dsp1
> % ls -l /dev/vbi*
> crw-rw----+ 1 root video 81, 224 2008-09-14 20:05 /dev/vbi0
>
> But in mythtv-setup, when adding a card, and I select type
> "DVB DTV capture card (v3.x)", there's no "analog options".
> We're not supposed to add the analog half as a separate (V4L) card,
> right ? Otherwise myth might schedule 2 recordings on it.
>
> So, I could use a clue from those familiar with 0.21.
>
> Thanks
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>   
I'm running 0.21 on Fedora 8 with a pcHD5500 card, and I had to set it 
up as 2 separate cards.  One as DVB and the other as V4L.  When I was on 
0.20.2, I could setup the card both ways in 1 setting screen, but with 
0.21, it had gotten split into 2.

Hope that helps.
Harry