[Bug 370696] [NEW] MythTV should use the static device names in /dev/v4l/by-path/* to stop video devices changing on boot

[Aaron Whitehouse]

Public bug reported:

/dev/video nodes change on start-up.  This means that, with a normal
mythbuntu install, my TV cards swap device nodes every second boot-up.

There is a script (and discussion) at:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=7070445
that uses UDEV rules to create a symlink to the correct card each time.

According to Ubuntu Developer Kees:
"MythTV should be taught to use the static device names in /dev/v4l/by-path/* (which exist starting in Intrepid). That's how static naming is being solved."

These do indeed exist in /dev/v4l/by-path/*, but MythTV can't seem to
use them.

I will attach the UDEV rule script to this bug as well, so that those
without an ubuntuforums login can download it.

** Affects: mythbuntu-meta (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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MythTV should use the static device names in /dev/v4l/by-path/* to stop video devices changing on boot
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/370696
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