Re: buying TV card
On Wed, Nov 28, 2007 at 09:37:14AM -0800, Andrew Sackville-West wrote:
> Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2007 09:37:14 -0800
> From: Andrew Sackville-West <andrew@farwestbilliards.com>
> Subject: Re: buying TV card
> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> Mail-Followup-To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
>
> On Wed, Nov 28, 2007 at 08:43:38AM -0500, Scott Lair wrote:
> >
> > I'm in the market for a TV card for my etch system.
> > I'd prefer pci hardware. I don't really care about
> > actually watching tv programs on my computer, I just
> > want to record shows, edit in kino, then burn to dvd
> > for viewing later on a stand alone player. Ideally,
> > I would be able to program shows to record like I do
> > on a vcr.
> >
> > So, anyone have any ideas on supported tv cards for
> > etch?
>
> many of the hauppage pvr-* cards are supported with ivtv. I use them
> on my myth-tv box with no problems. Note that this is a knoppmyth-box
> so its not strictly etch. Also, these cards include hardware mpeg
> encoding which can be a blessing and a curse, depending on your
> situation.
>
You might also check out the HDHomeRun device if you are interested in
QAM or ATSC capture. It is a standalone device that has 2 HD tuners and
talks to the world via a 100Mbps ethernet connection.
Info is at http://www.silicondust.com
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