[mythtv-users] Hauppauge 2250

[Patrick Oglesby]

On Sun, Jul 17, 2011 at 7:22 PM, Saul A Peebsen <jaglover at gmail.com> wrote:
> A friend of mine is ready to try out MythTV, since this is his first
> adventure to the Linux world I recommended Mythbuntu.
> The trouble is the box he wants to use has only one slot for expansion
> cards and it is PCIe x1, half size.
> Analog is important, this PVR is going to be used for analog cable
> here in the US.
>
> The only tuner card that seems to fit hardware-wise is HaupPauge 2250
> (or 1250).
>
> I've been Googling to find out if analog side of these cards works, but
> found nothing recent. I did find a post in Ubuntu forums that claimed
> drivers are included in 2.6.37, but there was no confirmation.
>
> I browsed kernel sources but couldn't find it.
>
> I do not want him to shell out $$$ only to find it does not work.
>
> So the question is, how hard (if possible at all) is to get this card
> working with newest kernels?
>
> The second question is whether there is anything else he could use, USB
> maybe?
>
>

Digital support for this card was added around kernel 2.6.32, and with
analog support being added in 2.6.37

You may need to download firmware from here
http://www.kernellabs.com/blog/?cat=3

If you are running a kernel newer than 2.6.37 and you have the correct
firmware installed in the right spot, then the card will just be
recognized upon booting and the appropriate video devices will be
automatically created (/dev/dvb/adapterX for digital where X is 0 and
1 most likely, and /dev/videoX for analog, where X will again be 0 and
1 unless you have a webcam also, which may cause numbering problems)

Set up in MythTV as DVB and MPEG devices, respecively.

You can also consider USB devices, but analog support on those can
vary wildly.  Also, the HVR-1250 does not have it's analog supported
in linux as the 1250 analog is a dumb framegrabber versus the hardware
MPEG encoder for the 2250.

- Patrick