[mythtv-users] anybody have experience with the WinTV-HVR-1975 on linux yet ?

[Rob Verduijn]

2016-03-07 20:00 GMT+01:00 Gary Buhrmaster <gary.buhrmaster at gmail.com>:
> On Mon, Mar 7, 2016 at 3:49 PM, Rob Verduijn <rob.verduijn at gmail.com> wrote:
> ...
>> Now it's only a matter of finding which model numbers are compatible
>> with linux, and then the right hardware vendor.
>
> Define "compatible".  Hauppauge apparently provides an
> out-of-tree driver for their latest hardware revisions.  If
> compiling kernels and applying out of tree patches is
> something you do as a matter of course, even the latest
> hardware revision is likely "compatible".  If you want to just
> install <distro> and have it work, and you acquire the
> latest and greatest revision, you are likely to be disappointed,
> as the driver for those new(er) models have not been
> up-streamed (and the tuner will not "just work").  This is
> approximately equivalent to the situation with (most of?)
> the TBS tuners.
>
>
> Note (for the record) that the original HVR-1950 ran
> hot, and if it got "too hot" is failed in interesting ways.
> I presume that newer revisions of the hardware may
> run cooler (due to the usual reasons), but planning
> to keep the device well ventilated in a cooler location
> will not hurt (in the back of a closed A/V cabinet
> running at 50C is unlikely to work reliably).
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Hi,
I hadn't noticed the overheating problem yet.
I'll check out reviews to see if it's passed.

Thanx
Rob