[mythtv-users] Recommendation for digital tuner for new mythtv system, UK freeview.

[hERB]

On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 4:50 PM, Nicolas Will <nico at youplala.net> wrote:

> On Wed, 2009-11-18 at 16:40 +0000, Steve Curtis wrote:
> > 2009/11/16 Richard Morton <richard.e.morton at gmail.com>
> >
> > > Hauppauge Nova t-500 (pci and dual tuner) or the equivalent
> > hauppauge usb
> > > sticks (you'd need two for two tuners) or anything with the same
> > chipset,
> > > such as technotrend cards.
> > >
> > >
> > > I have two Nova-t-500's in my backend, and they for the most part
> > they work
> > well.  Just a warning, and I'm not sure if this is only specific to my
> > setup
> > but I do occassionally (maybe once sometimes twice a month) have an
> > issue
> > where a nova-t-500 card will lock up, and I need to power the backend
> > off
> > (ie remove power to the machine) and restart and all is well.  A
> > reboot will
> > not suffice.  I've never got to the bottom of this - and wonder if
> > anyone
> > else has ever seen this issue?
> >
> >
>
> Are you just losing a tuner?
>
> If so:
>
>
> http://linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/Hauppauge_WinTV-NOVA-T-500#Losing_one_tuner.3F
>
> If it is really locking up, sorry, mine doesn't do that.
>
> Nico
>
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Thanks for that Nico, exactly the issue my Nova T500 has (Myth shows tuner 2
as sleeping, tuner 1 is fine). Was on my list of things to fix, along with
the "card doesn't work on a warm start" (only on "cold") with firmware 1.20.
Similar issue to Richards, but I don't experience lock-ups (yet, quickly
crosses fingers).

/hERB

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