[mythtv-users] WinTV HVR 950Q Mac Based

[Robert McNamara]

On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 9:13 AM, Brian Wood<beww at beww.org> wrote:
> On Tuesday 25 August 2009 10:01:26 Robert McNamara wrote:
>> On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 8:48 AM, Brian Wood<beww at beww.org> wrote:
>> > On Tuesday 25 August 2009 09:32:14 Robert McNamara wrote:
>> >> On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 7:45 AM, Adam Brown<abrown at spsu.edu> wrote:
>> >> > Hi all,
>> >> >
>> >> > I am starting to turn my MacBook into a PVR. I bought a WinTV
>> >> > HVR-950Q. Was wondering if OSX or myth for Mac had separate
>> >> > driver/firmware for this card. If possible I'd like to use mythtv
>> >> > rather than my current program. Any help much appreciated.
>> >>
>> >> Hi,
>> >>
>> >> Myth relies (with a few notable exceptions) on the v4l and v4l-dvb
>> >> APIs to access capture devices, which are unavailable on Mac OS X.
>> >> The only device you can use w/ a backend on OS X is the HDHomeRun,
>> >> currently.
>> >
>> > You might also be able to use a Plextor PX-TV402U, drivers are available
>> > to use that device with EyeTV for OS X. The drivers even support all of
>> > the Plextor's modes, Myth under Linux only supports the MPEG4 mode(s) .
>> >
>> > I certainly wouldn't buy a Plextor with an eye towards using it with
>> > Myth, I'm not even sure if they are avalable any longer (but of course
>> > there's always FleaBay), but if you happened to have one already...
>> >
>> > But an HDHR won't capture analog video, or help you transfer VHS tapes to
>> > DVD, so some analog option for OS X would be nice, and the Plextor is one
>> > possibility.
>> >
>> > Myth is mainly a Linux project, and running a B/E on OS X will probably
>> > always have limitations, especially with supported hardware.
>>
>> The Plextor support is provided by V4L.  So no, it won't work.
>
> Are you saying that the Plextor support under OS X is provided by V4L? Has
> EyeTV ported some or all of V4L to OS X? (unlikely in the extreme).
>
> Or are you saying the Plextor support for Myth under Linux is provided by V4L,
> so Myth would require considerable modification to work with something other
> than V4L?
>

No, I'm saying Myth's support of the Plextor requires V4L, which makes
it useless under OS X currently.

> All I was saying is that the Plextor can be used under OS X, so there must be
> some sort of driver, so the statement that only the HDHR could be used might
> not be completely accurate, though it probably is for all practical purposes.

If it came down to "you just need to write a driver for it," why would
he not just write a driver for the device he *has* that works in OS X?
 As in my original statement, the *only* current option for capture w/
Myth in OS X is the HDHR.

Robert