[mythtv-users] New User System Setup Questions

Micah Morton micah at oregontech.net
Thu Feb 20 18:55:29 UTC 2003


As far as I know.. ALL tuner cards only go up to 125 channels.. To obtain
higher channels, you must hook the card up to a digital cable box or
sattelite reciever and change the tuner card to channel 3 or 4 or
whatever..


> I am trying to put together a machine for MythTV and
> have the ATI Wonder VE.  I have yet to have everything
> running (other issues).  Should I be concerned about
> this car and return it?  (running RH 8.0 but that
> could change at any time)
>
> I also noticed that the Hauppauge cards were listed as
> "125-channel Tvtuners" Does this mean I will only be
> able to watch up to 125?  If so, will I have the same
> issue with the card I have?
>
> thanks
> josh
>
> --- Jason Ramey <webmaster at permutation.org> wrote:
>> Hauppauge cards are great. I had absolutely no
>> problems with mine, worked
>> the first time, every time. I'm waiting on my WinTV
>> 401 dbx-fm card to
>> come in, my current hauppauge card has problems with
>> channels 6-11. I
>> don't believe this is because the card, but rather
>> some issue with digital
>> cable at a former residence burning it up a little.
>> I'll post once I have
>> the new one installed.
>> --
>> Jason Ramey
>> webmaster at permutation.org
>>
>>
>> > Before reading this, note: I have never gotten
>> mythtv working and have
>> > only once tried to with my Pinnacle BTTV card...
>> So, here's what I've been
>> > gathering over the last couple months of viewing
>> this list.
>> >
>> > I see TONS of people complain about their ATI
>> All-In-Wonder cards....
>> >    1) They can't record and playback at the same
>> time...
>> >    2) there are tons of auto-detection problems
>> >    3) the VE model seems to be more problematic
>> than others.
>> >
>> > I don't see any problems with Hauppauge cards...
>> everybody seems to have
>> > really good luck with those.  I'm wondering what
>> peoples opinions are with
>> > these cards - what problems do they have, if any?
>> >
>> > As for TV-Out, my GeForce2 MX400 has excellent
>> TV-Out and was super-easy
>> > to set up...  Why do people fuss with matrox
>> g200/400/450 cards when there
>> > is such a cheap alternative? is it because the
>> g200 has a tv-tuner?  Can
>> > it record and playback at the same time?
>> >
>> > Thats all I have for now... :)
>> >
>> > --Micah
>> >
>> >> Thanks for the info so far! I think I am going to
>> drop the creative
>> >> infra remote and go with the ATI Remote Wonder,
>> unless anyone else has
>> >> another suggestion.  I also think I am going to
>> drop the 2.0ghz Celeron
>> >> in exchange for a AMD 1800+ tbred core. Hopefully
>> that will run cooler
>> >> or at least as cool. If need be I can always
>> downclock it a bit. In
>> >> response to:
>> >>
>> >>>Your question about recording and watching at the
>> same time: I couldn't
>> >>> tell what exactly you meant. So I'll just tell
>> you how it is. Mythtv
>> >>> can record one stream per tuner card. It can
>> also play one stream at
>> >>> the same time  (assuming you have backend and
>> frontend on one machine.
>> >>> "Live" tv is really just recording a stream, and
>> then playing the same
>> >>> stream right away. So while your tuner is
>> recording a stream you can a)
>> >>> watch that stream (ie "live" tv), or b)watch a
>> different, prerecorded
>> >>> stream. Finally, if you have two tuners you can
>> record two streams at a
>> >>> time and watch one of them, or a different
>> prerecorded stream. That
>> >>> make sense? My *guess* is that a 2ghz celeron
>> could handle two tuners,
>> >>> but I'm not sure.
>> >>
>> >> I am not really looking to do 2 TV tuners. What I
>> was wondering about
>> >> is if I am recording a show at say 8:00 - 9:00
>> can I start watching a
>> >> previously recorded show at 8:15 while the other
>> show is recording?
>> >> Would a AMD 1800+ be able to handle both at once?
>> Was wondering how
>> >> much luck others have had on the board. I would
>> be recording probably
>> >> at 480x480.
>> >>
>> >> If anyone else has any suggestions or comments
>> please let me know, this
>> >> really is helping me out a lot. Thanks again.
>> >>
>> >> -D
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