[mythtv-users] Is V4L support being removed in 0.25?

[Saul A. Peebsen]

On Wed, 23 Nov 2011 17:01:28 +0000
Tim Draper <veehexx at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 23 November 2011 16:55, Saul A. Peebsen <jaglover at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I have a V4L card that worked fine in .22 and .23, started giving me
> > problems in .24 and is not recognized in .25. Nothing is wrong with
> > hardware, I can use it fine with mplayer.
> > The other card I have is PVR-250. It worked fine before .24, started
> > having problems in .24 and now in .25 it still works but gives me an
> > error every time I want to change the channel. Works fine with
> > mplayer, too.
> >
> > So my question is is this kind of hardware still supported? Shall I
> > troubleshoot, open bugs, etc?
> >
> 
> have you also updated your kernel with the 0.25 upgrade?
> i have seen the odd report of cards being an issue when updating to
> newer kernels.
> i know the TBS drivers are kernel version specific (down to the minor
> version), and i'm sure i've seen people have tuner issues on the newer
> 3.x kernel too.
> 
> ^^ that is a general observation, not something specific to the
> PVR-250, so it could be something completely different!

Thanks for reply.
I'm running Gentoo, updating to the latest kernel as they become
available. Currently running 3.1.1. I even recompiled mythtv just now
to make sure it's not linked against something that is not present any
more.
And as I said, both cards work without a glitch with mplayer. 

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Cheers, Saul