[SOLVED] Has anyone got Hauppauge HVR 1600 working?

[sofasurfer]

I read lots of older post stating that Hauppauge HVR 1600 does not work on Ubuntu. So, has anyone more recently had any success with it on Hardy?

[MikeCheck]

I am also wondering this. I was looking to buy one.

[MikeCheck]

This is from the Hauppauge website:

Linux support for the WinTV-HVR-1600
Linux support for the WinTV-HVR-1600 is in the upcoming kernel 2.6.26 release.

Also, there is WinTV-HVR-1600 Linux support for both the analog TV tuner and the digital TV tuner available at LinuxTV.ORG in the "cx18" section.

[sofasurfer]

I saw this info about an hour ago and was going to post it but you beat me to it. Good job.

So, does this mean that the HVR-1600 will be easier to get going or does it mean the it will be automatically detected and operational?

[MikeCheck]

No idea. Hopefully someone else can answer that, because I want an HVR card, but I am waiting for a definite yes or no on if they work or not.

[nwadams]

i'm tempted to run down to staples tomorrow, try it, adn take it back if it doesnt work (14 day return policy on everything)
so i'll post tomorrow if it works

[willoconley]

I saw this info about an hour ago and was going to post it but you beat me to it. Good job.

So, does this mean that the HVR-1600 will be easier to get going or does it mean the it will be automatically detected and operational?

Ok sorry to triple post but this is something I have been wondering about myself. I think it will be included with vanilla kernels like generic and you will just have to load the module you need or something. Anyway I suppose we have a while yet since we aren't even on 2.6.25 yet.

[sofasurfer]

Willoconley.
In this line "$ cd pathToV4LDir # in my case ~/v4l*" I am confused.

These are my 2 V4L directories, "file:///home/daryl/temporary/v4l-dvb-398b07fdfe79" and "file:///home/daryl/temporary/v4l-dvb-398b07fdfe79.tar.bz2".

Shall I assume that you want me to cd to the 1st one, which is the unzipped file?