[mythtv-users] Interesting reading

[Alan Snyder]

Musings on Linux/Open Source from one of the Tivo
developers (in the
proceedings of the ACM.  I assume that anyone can
access, not just those of
us at universities).

http://www.acmqueue.com/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=53




> -----Original Message-----
> From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org 
> [mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf
Of Chris Petersen
> Sent: Monday, September 08, 2003 3:04 PM
> To: Discussion about mythtv
> Subject: RE: [mythtv-users] PCTV Pro (was: OT: WIRED
magazine)
> 
> 
> > capture card is a pinnacle pctv pro that I forgot
I had in a box, I 
> > need to
> 
> > find the remote and sensor now... but the card
seems to 
> work I didn't 
> > have
> 
> > cable hooked up to it and I could pick up some
local channels with 
> > xawtv. It
> 
> > has the 878 chip that works with bttv, anyone have
issues with this 
> > card
> 
> > under myth?
> 
> 
> 
> I have one of these cards, and it works great..  If
mandrake 
> hasn't done
> 
> it for you (I don't use mandrake, so I don't know
how automated it is
> 
> about "special" hardware - redhat doesn't touch tv
tuner 
> stuff) just put
> 
> the following into your /etc/modules.conf
> 
> 
> 
> alias char-major-81 videodev
> 
> alias char-major-81-0 bttv
> 
> 
> 
> At least with my system, it detected the card just
fine and I didn't
> 
> even need to tell it specifically which card I was
using.
> 
> 
> 
> -Chris
> 
> 
> 
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