[mythtv-users] (no subject)

[Ciaran]

The nova-t's don't have tv-outs, so no chaining required, they write
out mpeg files to the harddisk, and your gfx card has a tv-out on it. 
I can't recommend one as one was built into the ASUS motherboard of
the pundit I opted for (one of the reasons I opted for a pundit ;)  )
Cheers,
- Ciaran

On 26/09/05, Ben Edwards <Ben.Edwards at flybe.com> wrote:
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: David Watkins [mailto:watkinshome at gmail.com]
> > Sent: 26 September 2005 10:43
> > To: MythTV Users List
> > Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] (no subject)
> >
> >
> ...
>
> >
> > The NOVA-t PCI card writes the incoming mpeg stream to a file on your
> > hard disk.  Multiple cards allow you to stream several channels to
> > disk simultaneously (1 per card)
> >
> > Watching the programme requires a graphics card with TV out capability
> > and a sound card connected to amp/speakers.  MythTV playback simply
> > streams one of the files on disk to the sound/video out.
>
> Now I get it ;)  So it is a graphics card with TV out connected to the TV, I
> guess the TV outs on the TV cards are all daisy chained into the Graphics
> card (with TV in/out).  I did not realise I would need a graphics card with
> TV out as well as the freeview cards. I thought the TV out on the freeview
> card was used to connect to the TV.  What TV out graphics card do you
> recommend?
>
> Regards
> Ben
>
> > > Is the  'Hauppauge WinTV NOVA-t PCI card' a good choice or
> > are there other
> > > freeview cards I should consider (freeview is the
> > relatively new free to
> > > view TV service here in the UK).  I am assuming here that I
> > should go for a
> > > internal PCI card because I am not sure about compatibility
> > with external
> > > USB cards although having a external card is better from
> > the point of you of
> > > interference.
> >
> > I've never used a USB card, but the PCI cards were certainly easy to
> > setup.  All I had to do was.
> >
> > modprobe dvb-cx88
> >
> > Everything else could be done from with Myth
> >
> >
> > Good Luck
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