[mythtv-users] HVR-1600 analog section not showing up as MPEG-2 encoder

[Dale Pontius]

D. Hugh Redelmeier wrote:
> | From: Matt Beadon <matt.beadon at gmail.com>
> 
> | On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 5:33 AM, Bob Wiegand <bob_ml at stuffofmine.com> wrote:
> | 
> | > D. Hugh Redelmeier wrote:
> 
> | >> When I booted the system to test this, I discovered that the
> | >> /dev/video* entries applied to the cards differently.
> 
> | > This is fixable. Take a look at:
> | > http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-950387.html
> | > You can use udev rules to create unique names for each card.
> 
> | I ran into similar problems a while back.  See thread below for some other
> | suggestions regarding udev rules.  I think that's a cleaner solution than
> | blacklisting and manually loading modules to get a consistent ordering of
> | /dev/video devices.
> | 
> | http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/380971#380971
> 
> I wish video cards had unique numbers, kind of like ethernet MAC
> addresses.

They do.  Early in the debug of my hvr-1600s (2 of them) I certainly saw
a very MAC-like number.  I just checked my old messages, and can't find
it.  The number must have popped up in dmesg or some utility.  But I
distinctly remember seeing unique MAC-format numbers in there, somewhere.

Dale Pontius