[mythtv-users] Choosing a Suitable DVB-T PCI Card

Christian Schuglitsch subjectmythtv at schugy.de
Fri Oct 21 15:46:38 EDT 2005


Maybe I'm wrong but I think that I've read that the Avermedia card needs 
a firmware-file to be uploaded by hotplug.  I wanted to have a card that 
worx with OSS software only.

Regards

Schugy

Am 21.10.2005 17:53 schrieb Paul Wheeler:

> I have a couple of avermedia dvb 771's that work out of the box in 
> 2.6.13 (with the right dvb options turned on in the kernel ;-)). I 
> found them fairly cheap and work well.
>
> I had a pinnacle card that had problems with it and the mt352 driver 
> so i would stay away from them.
>
> Paul
>
> On 10/21/05, *Ben Edwards* <funkytwig at gmail.com 
> <mailto:funkytwig at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     On 10/21/05, *Phill Edwards* <philledwards at gmail.com
>     <mailto:philledwards at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>>  I am a beginner in DVB-T, and I would like to buy a DVB-T
>         PCI Card to set up a MythTV in my Linux PC.
>> I have tried to search the archive and google for a week, but
>         I still cannot come to a final decision about it.
>>  I would like to ask what kind of DVB-T PCI Card is suitable
>         for the Linux kernel 2.6.13, as I found some of the articles
>         about DVB-T Card mentioned that "Not every card that's
>         supported under Windows works under Linux". Is the list
>         mentioned in linuxtv.org <http://linuxtv.org>
>         "http://linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/PCI_devices_DVB-T"
>         <http://linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/PCI_devices_DVB-T%22> be
>         suitable for linux use? And be able to be well supported by
>         DVBAPI?
>>  On the other hand, I would like to ask what aspect should I
>         put my focus on in choosing those card? I do not want to buy a
>         wrong card as they are not cheap :P
>
>
>     Nova-T seems as well suported as any and is fairly cheap.
>
>     Ben
>
>         I have 2 V-Stream Xtreme DTcards that work a treat.
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