[mythtvnz] one PVR-150 card, two inputs in use at once?

mythtvnz@lists.linuxnut.co.nz mythtvnz@lists.linuxnut.co.nz
Wed, 7 Dec 2005 06:57:46 +1300 (NZDT)


> On Tue, 6 Dec 2005 20:20:56 +1300 (NZDT)
> criggie@criggie.dyndns.org wrote:
>
>> Before I get busy rearranging machines and pieces... is it
>> possible for a linux box to use the tuner on a PVR-150 for
>> mythtv, and at the same time to use the composite input for
>> another process?

> nope. each v4l device can only have one input selected at a time AFAIK.

Okay - thanks.

> Of course you could get a PVR-500 which is two 150's on one card. It
> presents to the system as two devices: /dev/video0 and /dev/video1

Yeah true... funds are an issue of course.  I want to grab frames from an
old video camera to feed to motion.