[mythtv-users] Got my Ceton infiniTV 4...any else have one yet?

[Steven Adeff]

On Thu, Jun 30, 2011 at 11:14 AM, Ronald Frazier <ron at ronfrazier.net> wrote:
> You think I wanted to write custom code? :-)  Using the import or demo
> recorder was actually my original plan as well (as I mentioned in my
> post 2 weeks ago). I even did a proof of concept using my PVR-500 and
> pointing the demo recorder at /dev/video0 and it worked fine, so I was
> hoping the Ceton would work the same way. It did not. I then thought I
> would use the import recorder. It didn't work with the /dev entry as
> the filename either. So I tried leaving the filename blank and then
> using myth events to start/stop an external script to handle the
> recording. That worked fine for the first show (though there was a big
> delay at the beginning), but didn't want to change channels, stop
> recording, or even trigger my external script to tell it to stop (I'd
> stop playback, it would keep going for several minutes, and then as
> soon as I killed my recording process, it would THEN receive the
> notification that the recording ended). So, in the end, I tried and
> tried, but no amount of hacking could seem to get either of those
> built in recorders to work properly with the Ceton. So that's why I'm
> writing custom code.

Ron,

Thanks for the reports!!

I've ordered a HDHR Prime, but they don't get shipped for another month =(
Since I also have the ability to place one of the Ceton cards in my
backend I may have to buy one when you announce you've got some well
working patches!

-- 
Steve
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