Re: tv/radio card
Hi Dave,
On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 11:41:25PM -0500, David Parker wrote:
> There are a lot of TV tuner cards that work in Linux, either with native
> drivers or with drivers like ivtv. I have a Debian Etch box running
> MythTV with two TV tuner cards in it, a Hauppauge PVR-350 and a Hauppauge
> PVR-150, both of which use the ivtv drivers. The PVR-350 supports MPEG
> encoding and decoding, so it can be used for recording and playback. It
> also comes with a remote control and IR sensor which work very well using
> lirc, and it has an on-board FM tuner which I have not personally used,
> but I believe does work under Linux. The PVR-150 is only an encoder and
> can only be used for recording. These two cards are fairly old, though,
> and I'm sure there are better options out there now. I have read a lot of
Would you have any reason not to buy a PVR-350 card? Since from if I
understand you correctly, it will both record and allow me to watch tv?
Is this a usb or a card you put in your motherboard?
> praise for Nvidia's TV tuner cards as well.
Will take a look.
> > MythTV may not fit your needs as it is based on Qt, and that's all I have
> personally used with these tuner cards so I'm afraid I can't make any
> recommendations about software, but I'm sure there are several available.
Ok. If I got remote support working, would I be able to do most things
just with the remote eg, change channel, adjust volume, and enable recording?
> The MythTV forums might be a good place to look, since tuner cards are a
> big topic of discussion, and a lot of people mention other TV and radio
> programs, too.
Cool I'll take a look.
Thanks very much for the reply,
Cheers,
Daniel
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