On Wednesday 15 December 2004 6:22 am, Axel Thimm wrote: > On Tue, Dec 14, 2004 at 12:57:49PM -0600, Paul Miller wrote: > > I recently have gotten very interested in building my own PVR system and > > I'd like to use the PVR-500 board, but currently there appears to be > > little support for it in Linux. Anyhow, I'm wondering what I can do to > > help out the development process in terms of programming. I'm very > > familiar with DSPs, microcontrollers, and other embedded processors, and > > I'm somewhat familiar with embedded Linux and kernel drivers. I have > > little experience writing drivers for commercial hardware though -- only > > my own digital hardware. > > > > My question is where to start? I'm hoping to have the board around Xmas > > time. > > I thought the PVR 500 is OEM only, or not?
CDW sells it for just under $150. It doesn't say OEM in the description and the guy I spoke with says he's pretty sure it's the retail version... http://www.cdw.com/shop/products/default.aspx?EDC=713294 > > Are there any datasheets available? After this week, I'll start poking > > around in the code... anything else I should be thinking about? > > The driver should be the same as the one for the PVR 150 (I think it > should just look like two PVR 150 cards), so the status of the PVR 150 > applies to the PVR 500 as well (see other threads). I can send you > datasheets if you'll like to develop for the PVR 150/500. Cool. I was originally thinking that the PVR-500 was more similar to two 250s because, according to Hauppauge, it can also encode VCDs whereas the 150s can't. (See compare PVRs) No big deal. Thanks, -Paul ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://productguide.itmanagersjournal.com/ _______________________________________________ ivtv-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ivtv-devel
