[mythtv-users] DVB card support/features?

Wed Oct 6 16:32:50 UTC 2004

ok, so its likely to be available on all cards, and is already
implemented.. good stuff!

that does it for me..  anyone want a PVR-350?  i'm going digital :D 
I'll order a Hauppauge nova 909 now..

james

ps seriously, if anyone wants the 350 its only been used a couple of
times :)

On Wed, 2004-10-06 at 16:19, Phil Blundell wrote:
> 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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