[mythtv-users] Hauppauge HD-PVR2 / Colossus2 support

[John P Poet]

On Mon, Mar 5, 2018 at 7:53 AM John P Poet <jppoet at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Mon, Mar 5, 2018 at 7:35 AM Dan Wilga <
> mythtv-users2 at dwilga-linux1.amherst.edu> wrote:
>
>> On 3/2/18 3:20 PM, John P Poet wrote:
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Mar 1, 2018 at 6:27 AM Rajil Saraswat <rajil.s at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> On 02/28/2018 06:06 PM, John P Poet wrote:
>>>
>>> For those asking for HD-PVR2 support, there is finally something you can
>>> try:
>>>
>>> https://github.com/jpoet/HauppaugeUSB
>>>
>>> John
>>>
>>>
>>> This is awesome news. Does this support the Colossus 2 PCIe card (
>>> http://www.hauppauge.com/pages/products/data_colossus2.html)?
>>>
>>
>> Yes, it supports the Colossus2.  Do read the Trouble Shooting section,
>> though.
>>
>> Hi John,
>>
>> Thanks for all of your work on this. I'm sure it will make a lot of
>> people very happy. Two questions, though:
>>
>> 1.  Just to confirm, because your answer implies that you may not be
>> answering the correct question: Does your modified driver work with the
>> *PCIe* card version of the Colossus 2?
>>
>
> I was not aware that Hauppauge made a non-PCIe version of the Colossus 2.
> Can you give me more information about it?  Maybe a URL to their production
> page for it?
>

Oh, I bet I know why you are confused.   Physically, the Colossus 2 is a
PCIe card.  Logically, it is USB.  What Hauppauge did, was take the HD-PVR,
throw it onto a PCIe card, and add a USB bridge chip.  As far as Linux is
concerned, it is just another USB device.

John
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