[mythtv-users] N220GT nVidia Drivers

[Brian Wood]

On Wednesday, October 13, 2010 04:44:22 pm Gavin Hurlbut wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 3:32 PM, mike at grounded.net <mike at grounded.net>wrote:
> > Yes, for the first time ever, I saw the nvidia logo flashing as the
> > system was booting. I don't have the card connected to TV yet, I was
> > working on getting the front end working first. Maybe someone has
> > replied with more information on how to use the PVR-500 else I'll have
> > to move the 1600 back in again.
> 
> How to use a PVR-500:
> 1) plug it into a PCI slot
> 2) boot Linux
> 3) make sure you can see it in lspci
> 4) make sure the ivtv driver attached to it (dmesg)
> 5) attach inputs 

#5 means in Myth setup, he doesn't mean attaching an RF cable to the input :-)

> 6) use it.  /dev/video0 and /dev/video1 (or as reported in dmesg)

#6 may or may not be true, it will be if no other video devices are in the system, and the PVR-500 is the first one 
configured in Myth.

Many systems have web cams or the like these days, so be careful of absolutes :-)