Re: using Hauppauge WinTV under Debian

[Syrus Nemat-Nasser <syrus@ucsd.edu>]

On Thu, 1 Apr 1999, Andrei Ivanov wrote:

> > I have one windows machine at home among many which I'm trying to
> > transition to Debian but it has one card that I don't think will
> > work with Debian.  It's my Hauppauge WinTV card
> > it's a TV/Radio tuner which works under all the winblows versions
> 
> Just because it works with Windows doesnt guarantee it's work with Linux. 
> It's a WinTV card. Basicly, logic suggests it's a Win-hardware, and
> therefor you can not use it with Linux.
> Andrew

But, this logic doesn't apply to the Hauppauge cards. They use the BT848
chipset which was the first chipset supported under Linux using the bttv
driver. 

Thanks. Syrus.

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Syrus Nemat-Nasser <syrus@ucsd.edu>    UCSD Physics Dept.