[ivtv-users] HVR 1600 "card type" question

[Andy Walls]

On Wed, 2009-02-18 at 10:00 -0800, Scott Harris wrote:
> Howdy all,
>     What is the correct setting in mythtv for an HVR 1600 card type?
> I've seen references to just using the standard "MPEG-2 encoder
> (PVR-x50, PVR-500) 

That is indeed the correct setting for an HVR-1600.

The PVR-350    is based on the CX23415
The PVR-[12]50 is based on the CX23416 (usually)
The PVR-500    is based on two CX23416's
The HVR-1600   is based on the CX23418

The chips' MPEG output streams are virutally identical
and the linux cx18 driver has direct lineage to the ivtv driver.


> and also references to the V4L device.

That's for uncompress video.  From the cx18 driver that would come
via /dev/video32 IIRC and would be the somewhat oddball HM12 raw format
with no sound.  You don't want that.


> This is connecting directv via svideo.  The reason I ask is when
> I pick the MPEG-2 encoder type I need to manually enter /dev/video0
> before it probes and discovers the device.  The V4L entry shows
> up as expected.

Pester the MythTV folks for proper support. :)

Regards,
Andy

> Thanks,
> 
> Scott
> 
> 
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