[mythtv-users] UDEV rules

[Andrew C. (AFPup) Stadt]

On 25/01/14 03:10 PM, Daryl McDonald wrote:
> On Sat, Jan 25, 2014 at 3:03 PM, Andrew C. (AFPup) Stadt
> <acstadt at stadt.ca> wrote:
>> On 25/01/14 02:08 PM, Daryl McDonald wrote:
>>> And further, on a whim, I went into the BE deleted all capture cards, then
>>> rebooted, and then went in again and was still not presented with symlink
>>> names, only /dev/adapter0/frontend0, /dev/adapter1/frontend0, /dev/video0,
>>> /dev/video24, /dev/video36, and only by backspacing and typing can I get
>>> /dev/video1, or /dev/video2, they won't present with left/right arrows, but
>>> they are recognized as "saa7134" and "Kworld pc150u" so although the
>>> symlinks look good, maybe they didn't fully take? I don't fully understand
>>> the output from the grep, but my gut feeling is that since I am able to
>>> configure the cards, without udev involved, permissions must be correct,
>>> right? thanks
>> IIRC, mythtv-setup only populates the default device nodes in the drop-down,
>> eg: /dev/video? for v4l/ivtv/etc devices.  You need to select the
>> appropriate type of device in the top drop down, then just type in the
>> correct device node eg:
>>
>> /dev/videopvr150
>>
>> Don't forget the after you define the capture cards, you still need to
>> define a source, then connect the appropriate card/input to the appropriate
>> source.
>>
>>
>>
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> OK So are you suggesting that I ignore the "failed to open" message
> and proceed to input connections?
> In steppes theme I don't drop down fields I left/right arrow for
> different values, and I up/down arrow to change fields.   Daryl
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Sorry, didn't see that failed to open message. No, I'm not suggesting 
you ignore it.