[mythtv-users] pcHDTV card record regular cable
Jarod Wilson
jarod at wilsonet.com
Wed Mar 23 02:06:31 UTC 2005
On Tuesday 22 March 2005 16:41, Robert La Ferla wrote:
> Josh Sharpe wrote:
> > Does the pcHDTV-2000/3000 record regular cable-tv? (i.e. I don’t have
> > HDTV to my house right now but would like to pick up some cards before
> > the broadcast flags go into effect….will I be able to use the cards or
> > have to wait till we get HDTV here at home?
>
> In theory, yes. I have a HD-3000 but I have yet to get it to work with
> MythTV. I can watch live TV using tvtime but I have to run an audio
> cable from the card to my stereo because the HD-3000 (latest 2.0 with
> dvb/qam support and v4l cx88) driver does not support digital audio
> capture.
If you're lucky, you can capture HD off cable instead, and if you have a
powerful enough frontend, you can actually play back the HD stuff,
down-sampled, via a standard-def television. (I have both an HDTV and a
standard-def TV, and can watch my HD captures on both).
--
Jarod Wilson
jarod at wilsonet.com
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