[mythtv-users] v4l - one last try....

[Yan Seiner]

I've been trying to get a Hauppage WinTV card toplay nice with mythtv.  
I've come to the conclusion that the card simply doesn't like the way 
mythtv talks to it.

When mythtv initializes the card or sends it a channel change command, 
the card resets to PAL from NTSC.  Unfortunately, myth doesn't pick up 
on the change, and the card is incapable of tuning in PAL....  So, myth 
loses all input on the card.

Now, I can get the card to change channels and tune in fine using 
v4lctl, so I've tried to set up the external channel changer.  
Unfortunately, this only works on the initial start; after that, myth 
wants to change channels itself with disastrous results....

Is there a way to tell myth to lay off the tuner completely, and let an 
outside app manage it?  Just close /dev/video?, tell the app what 
channel, and reopen /dev/video? ??  Do absolutely no initialization, no 
freq tables, no standards...  Would that even work?

At this point this is somewhat a matter of pride; I am so close to 
getting this to work, but I just can't get the two parties to talk....

--Yan