[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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