[pvrusb2] Can't get Hauppauge HVR-1950 to work

[Lars Maersk]

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Linux myARCH 2.6.27-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Sat Nov 8 09:52:52 UTC 2008 x86_64
AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3500+ AuthenticAMD GNU/Linux


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> Haven't taken the leap yet.  Think I'll procrastinate until February or
> so.  When you get a chance, please advise us on your MythTV experience
> along with getting lirc working with the remote control!
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I spent a long time trying to configure MythTV. I finally got the analog
channels running. When I added the digital channels, it stopped working
complaining of being unable to open /dev/video1, where I have the HVR-1950.
Being a command line guy, I scrapped the whole thing and found a stable way
of using mplayer after setting stuff via syfs. I don't think I'll be using
lirc anytime soon.

% cat /dev/video1 | mplayer -

Works without a glitch. For the digital side, I use azap to tune and

% cat /dev/dvb/adapter0/dvr0 | mplayer -

Also works fine

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Lars