[linux-dvb] WinTV-HVR-1800

[linux-dvb] WinTV-HVR-1800

[Mark A Jenks]

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I am looking at purchasing a few 1800's for a new Myth box that I am
setting up.
 
Should I get the ones with the IR's, or not?   Is the IR support on
linux?
 
I can't find anything searching around.
 
-Mark

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Re: [linux-dvb] WinTV-HVR-1800

[Steven Toth]

Mark A Jenks wrote:
> I am looking at purchasing a few 1800's for a new Myth box that I am 
> setting up.
>  
> Should I get the ones with the IR's, or not?   Is the IR support on linux?
>  
> I can't find anything searching around.

Native IR receive via the cx23885 isn't supported in Linux. I don't 
remember whether Hauppauge ship a Zilog enabled version (blaster 
support), if they do then that could be made to work.

Assume worst case.

- Steve


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Re: [linux-dvb] WinTV-HVR-1800

[Brian Steele]

2008/8/13 Mark A Jenks <Mark.Jenks@nsighttel.com>:
> I am looking at purchasing a few 1800's for a new Myth box that I am setting
> up.
>
> Should I get the ones with the IR's, or not?   Is the IR support on linux?
>
> I can't find anything searching around.
>
> -Mark

If you want to do analog recording using the 1800's on Myth, you might
want to consider another card or wait until the drivers improve.  I
have a 1800 in my system and the digital tuner works great, but the
analog doesn't work consistently in Myth.  I got it working once, but
the next time I rebooted I was getting a fuzzy picture again.  Even
when it was working correctly, the recording length Myth reported was
never correct (1 hour 14 minutes for a 1 hour recording).

The analog tuner seems to work much better if you use tvtime or
capture directly from the hardware.  I think Myth is expecting the
driver to work exactly like the ivtv driver and it certainly doesn't
do that yet.

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Re: [linux-dvb] WinTV-HVR-1800

[Barry Quiel]

Brian Steele wrote:
> 2008/8/13 Mark A Jenks <Mark.Jenks@nsighttel.com>:
>> I am looking at purchasing a few 1800's for a new Myth box that I am setting
>> up.
>>
>> Should I get the ones with the IR's, or not?   Is the IR support on linux?
>>
>> I can't find anything searching around.
>>
>> -Mark
> 

The IR that comes with the 1800 is a USB receiver.  I only use the IR 
receive portion and not the blaster portion.  LIRC has no problems with 
the IR receiver.

> If you want to do analog recording using the 1800's on Myth, you might
> want to consider another card or wait until the drivers improve.  I
> have a 1800 in my system and the digital tuner works great, but the
> analog doesn't work consistently in Myth.  I got it working once, but
> the next time I rebooted I was getting a fuzzy picture again.  Even
> when it was working correctly, the recording length Myth reported was
> never correct (1 hour 14 minutes for a 1 hour recording).
> 
> The analog tuner seems to work much better if you use tvtime or
> capture directly from the hardware.  I think Myth is expecting the
> driver to work exactly like the ivtv driver and it certainly doesn't
> do that yet.
> 

You are farther along getting the analog piece working then I am.  I 
can't even cat /dev/video1.




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