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Re: TV tuner/capture cards?



On Sat, Jul 19, 2008 at 09:57:28PM -0500, Nate Bargmann wrote:
> * Andrew Perrin <clists@perrin.socsci.unc.edu> [2008 Jul 19 19:46 -0500]:
> > I use the pvr 500 using the ivtv driver and play using mplayer. Works 
> > just fine, native debian.
> 
> I getting ready to jump into MythTV using Mythbuntu.  I'm collecting
> hardware and the PVR-150 is on my list.  One thing of note in my
> research is that using the PVR-150 and friends on a VIA chipset seems
> to have a lot of DMA issues.  So I'm building this on an Intel chipset
> box.

I think some of the via chipsets and epia mother boards (all via) have
real problems with that card. You are wise to stay away. I've got a
mini-itx sitting here just dying to go in a set-top box, but... i'd
have to move the capture cards to another system and run just a mythtv
frontend I guess.

A

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