[mythtv-users] WinTV-HVR-1150

[Alan Parsons]

So, does anyone know the Linux compatibility status of the HVR-1150?

Also, I found the updated installation instructions; I had just been looking
at the wrong wiki article.

-AP

On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 10:43 PM, Alan Parsons <almightyfjord at gmail.com>wrote:

> I recently inherited a rig with three WinTV-HVR-1150 tuners, Model 1288.
>
> The previous owner was using them with Windows Vista and Windows Media
> Center, which are both things I hope to ditch, but according to
> Hauppauge's website<http://www.hauppauge.com/site/support/support_hvr1150.html#linux>,"Preliminary
> support for the HVR1250 in ATSC mode only is available from
> http://linuxtv.org/hg/v4l-dvb"  (There are a number of model number typos
> in the document, I assume it's mostly copypasta from other products but is
> still pertinent.)
>
> Additionally, I can only seem to find this note from a patch about the
> FORCE_TS_VALID bit that has anything to do with making the 1150 work
> properly on Linux:  https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/65319/
>
> So, my question is:
> Is Hauppauge's website correct, is the 1150 not fully supported?  If it's
> not, what is supported?  NTSC, ATSC, QAM?
>
> Also, side note:  Would someone kindly update the wiki instructions on
> installing Myth from source on Ubuntu to reflect the change to Git, and any
> changes that may have occurred in the install process itself since 0.22?  I
> would do it myself, if I knew anything about Git at all.  As it is, I can't
> even figure out what all I would need to download to get the latest stable
> code.
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
> -AP
>
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