[pvrusb2] WinTV PVR2 issues

[Lorne Shantz]

Okay, I broke down and gave it a whirl. Sure enough, first attempt with Mplayer using: mplayer -tv device=/dev/video1:chanlist=us-bcast:norm=-0:channel=12 pvr://

caused a video screen and audio. Started dropping frames like mad, but it worked. I have no idea, what a reboot had to do with anything, but I can't argue with success. :) Thanks for all the help over the last couple of months Mike! You are awesome. 

--- On Sun, 12/19/10, Mike Isely <isely at isely.net> wrote:

> From: Mike Isely <isely at isely.net>
> Subject: Re: [pvrusb2] WinTV PVR2 issues
> To: "Communications nexus for pvrusb2 driver" <pvrusb2 at isely.net>
> Date: Sunday, December 19, 2010, 2:57 PM
> On Sun, 19 Dec 2010, Lorne Shantz
> wrote:
> 
> > Sorry Mike. I meant to say TV-Viewer! I was using
> tvtime on my old pci 
> > card. That was the last recommendation you made must
> prior to Myth. 
> > Almost missed it. The view is crystal clear now,
> instead of the nasty 
> > ol grainy pci card. AWESOME.
> > 
> > Tv-Viewer 0.8.1.1 works great. Recording, playing,
> timeshifting, all 
> > of it. Perplexed why absolutely nothing else would
> work though. Unless 
> > now that I have rebooted, that would work too. ??
> 
> That makes far more sense.  The author of TV-Viewer
> used a pvrusb2 
> device as one of his development targets...
> 
> But yes, if TV-Viewer is working for you, then the driver
> is completely 
> healthy and the remaining problems, if any, must have to do
> with the 
> application.  If a reboot was the last step before
> TV-Viewer then you 
> may be right about retrying those other apps.
> 
>   -Mike
> 
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