[mythtv-users] Assistance with MSI TV@nywhere card...

[Jarod C. Wilson]

On Dec 10, 2003, at 11:19 AM, schepens at shaw.ca wrote:

> I'm using an MSI TV at nywhere Master card on a 2.20 kernel (the stock 
> kernel that comes with SuSE 9.0).  I've been using the cx8800 module, 
> which modprobe suggests.  This does make some sense since the card 
> uses the cx881/cx883 decoder chip.

I have one also. The driver support just isn't there. The only cx88 
card that really works at all well is the latest rev WinTV-Go cards, 
but still nowhere near as good as any bt8x8 cards, and a far cry from 
hardware mpeg2 cards like the PVR-250, AVerMedia M179, etc.

> Any words of wisdom you could impart on this would be gratefully 
> received.

I spent quite some time playing with mine. I got a decent picture at 
one point, but no audio. Changing channels caused a kernel panic. The 
driver just isn't ready for actual use yet, especially with a card 
different than the one the primary developer is developing on.

> Do tell me if, in your opinion(s), I'm wasting my time trying to get 
> this particular card to work.

You are. Save yourself hours of waste and frustration, just get a 
supported card.

> I can just take the card back and get something better supported in 
> Linux.

Do it.

> However, I also had no success with my old ATI All-In-Wonder Rage II+ 
> card, so I suspect it's just something I'm not doing right.

No, the All-In-Wonder doesn't work with MythTV at all. It only has a 
half-ass implemented v4l driver that is missing most of the necessary 
functionality. You just happen to have tried two cards that don't work 
at all well. :)

My recommendation is for a Hauppauge WinTV PVR-x50 card, if you're 
willing to spend the money.

-- 
Jarod C. Wilson, RHCE

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