[mythtv-users] Nova-T 500 Ubuntu

James Fidell james at fidell.co.uk
Thu Jul 26 15:10:19 UTC 2007


Robin Hill wrote:
> On Thu Jul 26, 2007 at 02:20:21PM +0100, James Fidell wrote:
> 
>> As Henrik says, there appear to be two similar cards, the "diversity"
>> model having a pair of aerial inputs rather than just one.  Mine is the
>> diversity model, though it ships in what appears to be a non-diversity
>> box (the picture on the box doesn't match the contents) with an extra
>> sticker on to say it's the new model.  On the card it's actually
>> labelled WinTV-NOVA-TD-500.
>>
>> I don't know what the PCI IDs of the pre-diversity cards are, but I'd
>> assume they're different.  Mine is 0070:6800 and as that's the same as
>> yours I'd suggest we're in the same boat.
>>
> 
> The pre-diversity cards just show up as a VIA USB 2.0 controller and a
> pair of USB 1.1 controllers.  The new card is using Hauppauge's PCI ID
> (0070) so they've obviously put their own chipset in in front of the USB
> controller.

Looking at the chips on the diversity card, I'd suggest that perhaps the
VIA USB controller has been replaced by an unrecognised DIBcom 0710 TS
to PCI bridge.  Not sure that information gets us any closer to a
working card, though.

James


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