[mythtv-users] Replacemnt for HDPVR
Peter Bennett
pb.mythtv at gmail.com
Tue Nov 28 00:25:48 UTC 2017
On 11/27/2017 06:18 PM, John P Poet wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 27, 2017 at 3:57 PM David Engel <david at istwok.net
> <mailto:david at istwok.net>> wrote:
>
> On Mon, Nov 27, 2017 at 04:33:01PM -0600, Gerald Brandt wrote:
> > I have two HDPVR's and two Motorola DCT-6200's. The HDPVRs seem
> to be
> > getting more and more finicky as the years pass. If I keep my
> 6200s, is
> > there an alternate choice for the HDPVRs?
>
> 1. Check the power adapter and replace if needed. The HD-PVR power
> adapters are notorious for failing and causing sporadic issues as they
> fail.
>
> 2. Add a fan. Some units, particularly the earlier ones, could get
> too warm.
>
> 3. Wait for Johm Poet to chime in here on the status of his work with
> the HD-PVR2s
>
>
> Sigh. I supposed I should go ahead and finish the code I mostly have
> working for the HD-PVR2. I kinda lost interest while waiting for
> Hauppauge to add surround sound support to their linux "driver". I
> probably have a few weekends worth of work to get the current
> capabilities published. I am unlikely to have time to work on it
> until after the holidays.
>
> Note, though, that this is unlikely to be something that can be /just/
> included with MythTV, since the Hauppauge "driver" is full of
> copyright notices from the various chip manufacturers. To get it
> working to the extent that I have, required patching the "driver"
> code, so I basically will have to make that patch available, and
> provide instructions telling people how to make it work.
>
> John
>
>
John
How about supporting something like this instead of HDPVR2? This is a
USB HDMI capture device. There are several of them around. Some, like
the below item, advertise Linux support and apparently work with
standard webcam drivers.
http://a.co/aXQAUg5
I think it would need a recorder in MythTV to encode and store as a TS file.
Peter
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