HD-PVR Linux Support

[bcjenkins]

Reading on Gossamer MythTV-Users, there is someone in the MythTV camp which has had a device for 6 weeks or so and is going to post his code up tonight. There seems to be an issue with handshaking, which is hopefully solved soon.

For Reference:

http://www.gossamer-threads.com/list.../336110#336110

MythTV Wiki Entry:

http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Hauppauge_HD-PVR

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[harrijay]

That is good to hear. I have a windows server license that i am going to use as a network encoder until the driver issues are all sorted out. If anyone attempts to use these drivers with sage please update as I might be heading down that road as well as I just got tracking info on one of my HDPVR's

[bcjenkins]

If he releases anything by Saturday when I move over to FiOS, I will try the linux route first. I'd rather not do the network encoding route.

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[bcjenkins]

From the mythtv site:

HD-PVR Driver Compilation Howto

The alpha release of the HD-PVR Linux driver is available at http://hg.jannau.net/hdpvr/

The driver is currently at most alpha quality and tested only with
v4l2-ctl and cat /dev/video0. Other applications might fail in
interesting ways.

I've compiled the driver only with kernel 2.6.24 and 2.6.25. A tester
reported success on 2.6.22.

TODO:
-extend V4L MPEG encoding api (atm only add mpeg4 AVC and AAC
as formats)
-test IR support and merge it into the official repo
-improve buffer management, especially make it fault-tolerant
-add missing device options (iirc only sharpness and
chroma/luma filters)
-test with other v4l application and fix issues

Support for MythTV is already worked on.

I've probably missed a couple of things so feel free to reply or join
the development irc channel #hdpvr on freenode.net.

Janne

[zoop]

oh boy this is gonna be a fun project this weekend...

[Eric the Red]

I'd like to get the HD-PVR setup with Linux(Ubuntu) and I'm wondering what limitations I have running this in Ubuntu vs Windows?

Anyone here have experience with this device under Linux? Any help would be appreaciated to as, what I should expect. (Bugs/incompatibilities)

* merged *

[Peggysis]

You might want to check out this thread:

http://forums.sagetv.com/forums/show...ghlight=HD-PVR

Or go over to the Linux section of this forum and search for HD-PVR - there are a few other threads on this topic there.

(I'm not trying to be snitty about the searching, just trying to help you find the info you're looking for!)

-Judy

[Brent]

You can get a linux driver from here.

I've not tried it out, but I know others have. Not sure of whether any SageTV users have though.

[gplasky]

No working drivers that I am aware of. Sorry I mean drivers are in alpha and they need to be compiled.

Details from MythTV wiki

Driver: HD-PVR Linux driver

Gerry

Gerry

[stuckless]

Just Curious.... Anyone have have the HD-PVR running under linux. I have the drivers installed... seems to work... but when I try to play back a simple a captured stream... mplayer dies...

This works... and creates a file...

# cat /dev/video0 >test.ts

This dies....

# mplayer test.ts

Actually it starts to show the video and then the video just hangs there and I can't close mplayer without doing a kill -9 on it.

Just wondering if anyone has it running...

[bcjenkins]

I haven't tried it in Linux yet. I don't know enough about the driver to understand if it will work with the V4L V1 driver api. I think the driver calls SageTV uses are written to work with V1.

Also, I am not 100% sure if the HD-PVR driver is supporting IR blasting yet. My crappy IguanaIR device is being replaced with a commandIR unit and once done, I will be able to use it to change channels.

For playback, I will use the HD extender, so the mplayer part is not too concerning.

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[stuckless]

For playback, I will use the HD extender, so the mplayer part is not too concerning.

THanks... I tried a test on the HD extender.... the video clip played fine, so there must be something that mplayer doesn't like, but it confirms the that the linux driver does work.

Now if only I could get sage to actually use it... it sees video0, but barfs if I try to select it. Also sage doesn't show a component video source for it as well.

Does anyone know if Sage can use the HD-PVR as a network encoder, if the encoder is run on Windows?

[zoop]

Originally Posted by stuckless

Does anyone know if Sage can use the HD-PVR as a network encoder, if the encoder is run on Windows?

Yes, this does indeed work... I have a network encoder running on a Vista box without issue.

/jer

[stuckless]

Yes, this does indeed work... I have a network encoder running on a Vista box without issue.

Just to clarify... is the network encoder functionality built into the HD-PVR software, or do you have a Sage licence running on the HD-PVR computer and Sage is acting as the network encoder?

[zoop]

Originally Posted by stuckless

Just to clarify... is the network encoder functionality built into the HD-PVR software, or do you have a Sage licence running on the HD-PVR computer and Sage is acting as the network encoder?

sorry, you need a sage license running on the windows box as well... the HD-PVR doesn't act like the HDHR for example.

/jer

[stuckless]

thx... that's what I thought.

[Brent]

So it looks like HD-PVR support in the Linux variety of SageTV is here. Let us know how it's working if you have an HD-PVR and Linux Sage.

Linux Updates
1. Limited Hauppauge HD-PVR support (you may experience some issues due to driver limitations)

[stuckless]

So it looks like HD-PVR support in the Linux variety of SageTV is here. Let us know how it's working if you have an HD-PVR and Linux Sage.

Too bad i'm going on vacation for 2 weeks I'll have to wait until I get back before I can try this... maybe someone else will have it figured out by then

[bcjenkins]

As an fyi - the Linux driver still does not support IR blasting. If you need an IR blaster for multiple devices I would recommend a CommandIR II. (I needed one for 4) I will be testing this out this weekend after some other issues are sorted out.

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[bcjenkins]

Stage is all set, wondering if anyone has an experience they'd like to share before I manage to incur the wrath of poor WAF.

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