Pvr350-plugin

Description

File:Pvr350-plugin.jpg

Screenshot

The PVR350 plugin enables the TV-out of the Hauppauge PVR350 as output device for VDR. In system without FF DVB cards, the PVR350 can be an alternative to DXR3 card, but with a better OSD.

Hardware requirements

• Hauppauge PVR350 TV card

Software requirements

• newest ivtv driver
• FFMPEG
• Analogtv-plugin (optional)

Installation

To install FFMPEG

cd $SOURCEDIR
tar xvzf ffmpeg-<VERSION>.tar.gz
cd ffmpeg-<VERSION>
./configure --prefix=/usr/local \
            --enable-shared
make
make install
ldconfig

If using the analogtv-plugin, in it's setup the "PVR350 TV out" has to be enabled. See plugin installation

Problems

• Does no work together with the dvd-plugin
• ivtv sometimes freezes the system

Links

[1]	http://www.rst38.org.uk/vdr/pvr350	Plugin homepage
[2]	http://ffmpeg.sourceforge.net	FMPEG homepage
[3]	http://ivtv.sourceforge.net	IVTV homepage
[4]	http://67.18.1.101/~ckennedy	new IVTV driver