HARDWARE cx8800

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1 cx88 TV Tuners

[edit] cx88 TV Tuners

"Blackbird" boards (i.e. cx88 boards with hardware mpeg2 encoding) have very limited support at this point. To use the hardware encoding you need to be comfortable with getting the firmware code out of the windows drivers. Be prepared for some nasty erros.

[edit] Driver Support

The version of the cx88 drivers in the gentoo-sources is (0.4) although the current release is (0.5)
Some cards are only in the drivers as the European version (i.e. Leadtek WinFast PVR2000). This means that the tuner the module expects, and what's actually there are completely different. Getting these cards working involves a bit of messing around with the module options until you "find one that works..." Most of the popular new PVR cards sold for Windows XP MC, known as "Blackbird", don't have drivers to use with Linux/Myth.
modprobe cx8800 audio_debug=0 [the rest of your options here] is your friend. Especially on the release drivers.

[edit] CVS

The snapshots from CVS mostly work. CVS snapshots are a bit of a pain to get working correctly due to all kinds of unknown symbol errors.

[edit] Current Progress

We have been working on these drivers and released an alpha version at http://plutohome.com. Pluto even has a self-booting kick-start CD that will automatically install & configure everything for you, including a ready-to-go Myth system. It's the fastest and easiest way to get a MythTV PVR up and running, and also installs Xine, Asterisk and our own software to give you the most advanced media & entertainment, home automation, security, telecom & computing system, controllable with your Symbian Bluetooth mobile phone, as well as PDA's and Webpads.

We're working hard to harden the drivers as quickly as possible and would like as much feedback as possible. These 2nd generation cards are lower in price and offer better picture quality than the current models supported in IVTV, so be sure to check them out. A list of all the compatible cards, known as "Blackbird" cards, is found on our website.