[mythtv-users] Program to read virtual channel data from Comcast clearQAM

[Brad Fuller]

On Sun, May 3, 2009 at 4:10 PM, Robert McNamara
<robert.mcnamara at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sun, May 3, 2009 at 4:06 PM, Brad Fuller <bradallenfuller at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Sun, May 3, 2009 at 4:02 PM, Mark Knecht <markknecht at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> According to Robert on the list this program requires hardware that is
>>> supported by v4l-dvb which apparently is not my PVR-150 or the HDHR...
>>>
>>> Would these pchdtv3000 files change that?
>>
>> pcHDTV3000 (I don't know about the other ones) use the
>> /dev/dvd/adapter* device nodes. I haven't looked at the code, but if
>> he's just using that node, than it would have to be modified for HDHR
>> devices.
>
> That device uses /dev/dvb because it, like hundred of other devices,
> uses the v4l-dvb API.

Perhaps that's the reason the author chose dvb, it seems a valid assumption.

I've also noticed that if you are running the MythTVbackend, the app
doesn't work because MyhTV uses the device. So, it would be a pain to
stop Mythbackend just to run the app. Maybe there's a way around this?


-- 
Brad Fuller