[mythtv-users] DVB card support/features?

George Styles george at ripnet.co.uk
Wed Oct 6 15:58:05 UTC 2004


I use the EPG from FreeView in the UK (using a Nova-T card) and it works 
great. Gives me 7 days listings for all channels :)

g

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Phil Blundell" <pb at nexus.co.uk>
To: "Discussion about mythtv" <mythtv-users at mythtv.org>
Sent: Wednesday, October 06, 2004 4:19 PM
Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] DVB card support/features?


> 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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