Alright, so I'll just cut to the chase and tell that I'm trying to use the Pandora as a backup screen for my gaming console. From what I've gathered during the searching of today, I already have the required hardware (I'm using the Magix "video saver" device for capturing) and the thing I'm missing really boils down on having a working driver. I'll also mention that I'm not as Linux-savvy as many users here, and that I don't completely understand what I'm talking about. (If I mixed any terms or the like, please correct me)
From my test with 'mplayer tv:// -tv norm=PAL', it seems that the pandora has Video4Linux 2 and that there is no device set as /dev/video0. I checked my hardware with 'lsusb', and although I don't recognize any of the data, it seems - and a few sources agree - that the card's chipset is equivalent to card 18 (USB 2861) on the bttv compatibility list. First thing that the Pandora lacks (or seems to, at least), however, is the bttv kernel module altogether, along with several other relevant modules. I lost the exact list already, but I recall that 'modprobe' didn't find bt878 and that it did find dvb_core.
This seems to lead to additional problems - firstly, if the some modules aren't present, I suppose I'll have to recompile the kernel? That sounds scary to me. :3 I'm not sure, but I think that there also may be a need to make a video device out of the /dev/dvb/ stream after that, and that sounds kind of difficult. After that is done, however, should the aforementioned 'mplayer' command (or opening the TV from the GUI) work without problems? What to do if the V4L driver doesn't do anything regardless of noticing the stream and the apparent similarity to the card with tag 18? Also, I only have my Pandora with no internet access and a Windows laptop with limited internet access with me currently.
Thanks for your help,
mmKALLL
From my test with 'mplayer tv:// -tv norm=PAL', it seems that the pandora has Video4Linux 2 and that there is no device set as /dev/video0. I checked my hardware with 'lsusb', and although I don't recognize any of the data, it seems - and a few sources agree - that the card's chipset is equivalent to card 18 (USB 2861) on the bttv compatibility list. First thing that the Pandora lacks (or seems to, at least), however, is the bttv kernel module altogether, along with several other relevant modules. I lost the exact list already, but I recall that 'modprobe' didn't find bt878 and that it did find dvb_core.
This seems to lead to additional problems - firstly, if the some modules aren't present, I suppose I'll have to recompile the kernel? That sounds scary to me. :3 I'm not sure, but I think that there also may be a need to make a video device out of the /dev/dvb/ stream after that, and that sounds kind of difficult. After that is done, however, should the aforementioned 'mplayer' command (or opening the TV from the GUI) work without problems? What to do if the V4L driver doesn't do anything regardless of noticing the stream and the apparent similarity to the card with tag 18? Also, I only have my Pandora with no internet access and a Windows laptop with limited internet access with me currently.
Thanks for your help,
mmKALLL