[pvrusb2] is Hauppauge 1212 HD PVR covered?

[greg pryzby]

(Sorry for late post).

If is in 11.1 and SLE[S|D] 11. If you search /var/log/messages you will 
see it. You can NOT use it w MythTV UNLESS you build from scratch as the 
'type of tuner' isn't available in .21. At least not any of the 
pre-builts I can find.

I can
    cat /dev/video0 > /tmp/stream-to-watch
and then use vlc or other to watch what I captured.

Mike Isely wrote:
> On Tue, 19 May 2009, Boris Epstein wrote:
> 
>> On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 3:17 PM, Michael Krufky <mkrufky at linuxtv.org> wrote:
>>> On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 3:12 PM, Boris Epstein <borepstein at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> Hi all,
>>>>
>>>> I mean this device:
>>>> http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=4146200&CatId=1427
>>>>
>>>> Tried to find out what chipset it's got inside but couldn't. Hence
>>>> this question.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks in advance for any and all help.
>>>>
>>>> Boris.
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>>> Boris,
>>>
>>> There is an open-source Linux driver available for the HD-PVR, but
>>> this has absolutely nothing to do with the pvrusb2.
>>>
>>> The driver is called, "hdpvr" and it has already been submitted into
>>> the upstream Linux kernel.  The driver is also available in source
>>> code form, with the benefit of backwards compatibility against
>>> reasonably recent kernels, in linuxtv.org master v4l-dvb development
>>> repository.
>>>
>>> So, the answer is YES.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> Mike Krufky
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>>>
>> Hi Mike,
>>
>> Thanks for getting back to me.
>>
>> I am running OpenSuSE 11.1 (fairly recent), kernel version:
>>
>> [dellfluor at bepstein][/lib/modules] uname -a
>> Linux dellfluor 2.6.27.21-0.1-default #1 SMP 2009-03-31 14:50:44 +0200
>> x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
>> [dellfluor at bepstein][/lib/modules]
>>
>> hdpvr seems to be nowhere to be found, though.
>>
>> Either way, it sounds a bit raw at this point if this is any indication:
>> http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Hauppauge_HD-PVR
>>
>> Thanks for your help.
>>
>> Boris.
> 
> Boris:
> 
> If the driver isn't yet in the mainline kernel, then it should hardly be 
> surprising to not find it in your distro either.  The hdpvr driver is 
> relatively new.  If you want to try it you'll have to retrieve a v4l-dvb 
> snapshot and build it yourself.  Then you can modprobe the resulting 
> module(s) into your system and have a working driver.
> 
> I do not know how well documented that driver is, since of course I'm 
> not the maintainer for it.  At the very least, just follow the usual 
> instructions (look around www.linuxtv.org) for building and installing a 
> v4l-dvb snapshot in your system.  Once that is complete odds are 
> reaonably good that the driver should start doing its thing.  (Though 
> there might be an extra firmware step needed, but if that's the case I'd 
> have to think there should be an hdpvr FAQ or other documentation laying 
> around somewhere.)
> 
>   -Mike


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