[pvrusb2] back-end application

[Mike Isely]

On Sun, 5 Nov 2006, Abe Shan wrote:

> After following Mike Isley's excellent documentation and compiling the
> kernel 2.6.18, I can see snow on screen with kaeffeine (fifo://)  and
> mplayer (/dev/video). The led on the wintv lights up as well.
> 
> Now, my question is what is the best way to watch and use the system. From
> reading the documentation, I gather xawtv-4.x is the best bet. However, I
> have not been able to compile the snapshot (missing ./configure). Are there
> other alternatives?
> 

Probably the _best_ way is to install and use MythTV with your device.  
Unfortunately the setup for MythTV can be, well, involved.  But the result 
is very very rewarding.

Using xawtv-4.x is a good alternative, but building it can be a bit of a 
challenge.  The "missing" configure script IIRC is actually generated.  
You have to run another script first: autogen.sh.  Yes, I know the README 
doesn't mention this, but it's not my program so don't shoot the messenger 
:-)

BTW, the pvrusb2 driver controls the LED a little differently than 
Windows.  In Windows, it seems that the LED turns on as soon as the driver 
initializes the device.  The pvrusb2 driver in Linux however only turns on 
the LED when it's actually streaming video from the device.  So you can 
use the LED to know when it is active.

  -Mike

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