[mythtv-users] DVB card support/features?

[Phil Blundell]

EPG doesn't need any particular hardware support; it's just a case of pulling
the EIT tables out of the MPEG stream.  Any card should be able to do this.
The hard part is writing the software to interpret that data and do something
useful with it.

p.

on Wed, Oct 06, 2004 at 03:39:24PM +0100, James Hansen wrote:
> ahh.. remote controls i get..  
> 
> and i can see diigital teletext requiring a lot of work to put together
> a rendering engine (i'm asuming its broadcast using some kind of markup
> language)..
> 
> But, to be honest, i would have thought that an EPG without the need to
> harvest stuff off webpages could probably be one of the biggest selling
> points for myth!   are people working on this and is it planned to be
> put in anytime soon?  a proper epg would be a godsend! :)
> 
> Does anyone know which cards have this EPG functionality btw?
> 
> james
> 
> On Wed, 2004-10-06 at 14:38, Rob Willett wrote:
> > Some of the extra features include 
> > remote controls
> > Digital teletext
> > Now and next
> > The EPG.
> > 
> > Some of these features are software related but MythTV doesn't tend to advantage
> > of them and treats at a lower level.
> > 
> > Quoting Ciaran <ciaranj at gmail.com>:
> > 
> > > No idea ;) My card has an RF - pass through on it? But I don't think
> > > it can do much in the way of particular cleverness in relation to
> > > others, perhaps digital teletext (which isn't currently supported by
> > > myth? )
> > > - ciaran
> > > 
> > > 
> > > On Wed, 06 Oct 2004 13:46:59 +0100, James Hansen <mythtv at f0rmula.com> wrote:
> > > > > Someone will correct me here, but my feeling is that since
> > > > > MythTV can't do a lot with the extra features some of the newer cards
> > > have,
> > > > > there is little point in getting one.
> > > > 
> > > > ahh..  thanks again..
> > > > 
> > > > just curious, but what are these extra features?
> > > > 
> > > > james
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > On Tue, 2004-10-05 at 13:05, Rob Willett wrote:
> > > > > James,
> > > > >
> > > > > Choose carefully as many of the cards look the same and are branded the
> > > same but
> > > > > have a different chipset. e.g. Avermedia DVB-T as both the M179
> > > (supported) and
> > > > > the 771 (not really supported) versions. I'm told that there are at least
> > > three
> > > > > different versions of the Hauppauge Nova-T card as well. This is the sort
> > > of
> > > > > utter bollocks (English slang word meaning testicles to our American
> > > friends)
> > > > > that gives computers a bad name.
> > > > >
> > > > > I have a Nebula DVB card but can't say that I'm really that enamoured
> > > with it.
> > > > > In hindsight I would have got an AverMedia M179 card or the Hauppauge
> > > card.
> > > > >
> > > > > Overall support seems to be much the same for cards that work.
> > > > >
> > > > > Basically go for the older cards and they are more likely to be supported
> > > than
> > > > > the newer cards. Someone will correct me here, but my feeling is that
> > > since
> > > > > MythTV can't do a lot with the extra features some of the newer cards
> > > have,
> > > > > there is little point in getting one. Definitely a case of cheaper is
> > > better.
> > > > >
> > > > > Rob.
> > > > >
> > > > > Quoting James Hansen <mythtv at f0rmula.com>:
> > > > >
> > > > > > Are there any differences between the mainstream DVB-T cards or their
> > > > > > support or functionality within myth?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I'm referring to the cards listed in the link below:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > http://www.linuxtv.org/download/dvb/CARDS
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Are cards based on a similar chip all similar cards, and does the chip
> > > a
> > > > > > card is based around make a great deal of difference?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Oh, and do people generally have a preference at all over brand?  I'd
> > > > > > probably be looking at getting a hauppauge nova, if all other things
> > > are
> > > > > > equal..
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Thanks
> > > > > >
> > > > > > James
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
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