[mythtv-users] Australian HOWTO?

[Rob Hillis]

David Whyte wrote:

>If I were doing this again.... I think I would by a normal TV tuner,
>not the digital ones.  It seems that the DVB modules are still in the
>early stages and being such a linux newb, I have had a shit fight
>getting them to work.  I am still on the case though and will be
>working til late tonight trying again.  I see some new links above I
>can look to for help.  I think analog cards are well supported in the
>kernel nowadays though so it would have been much easier.
>  
>
Actually, a good part of your problem may have been with the card 
itself.  It's fairly widely accepted the the tuners in the Avermedia 
cards suck (not to put too fine a point on it) and I had endless trouble 
getting one to even tune to a TV station.  Until I replaced the 
Avermedia card with a Nova-T.  It's been reasonably smooth sailing ever 
since.

I haven't had a chance to retry the Avermedia card since I moved to an 
area with a local digital repeater that I'm about 2 km away from.  
Possibly the tuner will handle the stronger signal better.  Regardless, 
I haven't seen anything yet about this card that would lead me to 
recommend it.

Of course, YMMV...