[mythtv-users] Need new Capture card...

John Drescher drescherjm at gmail.com
Tue Oct 20 12:45:03 UTC 2009


> I tried looking through http://linuxtv.org for some information on the 2250
> but the site is a little hard to follow, boat loads of links, etc. and I
> didn't see a forum link.  Since the 2250 is a dual tuner card I like its
> options and might consider waiting until a driver for Analog is completed if
> I could find out some stats on that.
>
> I stumbled across this site with some drivers for the 22xx series but
> "assume" its not for Analog (http://steventoth.net/linux/hvr22xx/)?
>
> Yes, mpeg2 is preferred as its much more friendly for converting and
> watching on other devices.
>
> The HVR-1600 is the other option as has been pointed out and does allow for
> dual recording if I'm correct, one on Analog the other digital but not 2
> digital or 2 Analog..?
>
It's more complicated than that. I believe 1 analog or 1 digital
multiplex (which can be more than 1 digital channel).

John


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