[mythtv-users] Capture Card

[Greg Oliver]

On Thu, Dec 12, 2019 at 3:47 PM Allen Edwards <allen.p.edwards at gmail.com>
wrote:

> HDTV antennas at least around here do not need to be large because the
> lowest channel is VHF-High so no VHF-Low, which were below the FM band. Get
> one of those and put it on your roof.  Nobody can stop you if you are in
> the US. https://www.fcc.gov/media/over-air-reception-devices-rule
>

Agreed - it has been in place since before the HD rollout and still works
great though.  Although, I live within 30 miles of the towers here, so I
could probably just put some bare coax in the air and pick them up :)



> For reference, I had a HAM radio antenna which was a long wire to a tree
> and a neighbor complained. I got a letter from the city saying I had 30
> days to remove it citing city code for the height of an antenna. I pointed
> out that I had a licence and they could not limit my ability to transmit
> and at this low frequency I needed a long wire. They never respond to my
> letter which ended with something like if I don't hear from you I will
> assume the issue is settled. I later phoned and talked to the city official
> who sent the letter and he said that if they fought me and lost, it would
> throw out their entire city code, not just the part about antennas and they
> could not take that risk for my almost invisible antenna.
>
> Good luck.
>
> Allen
>
> On Thu, Dec 12, 2019 at 1:11 PM Greg Oliver <oliver.greg at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On Thu, Dec 12, 2019 at 12:26 PM Allen Edwards <allen.p.edwards at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Dec 12, 2019, 10:17 AM DaveD <mythtv at guiplot.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I am having trouble with OTA reception on rainy days and am looking
>>>> into
>>>> improving my signal.  The first thing I am looking at is my capture
>>>> card; currently a Dvico Fusion Dual tuner.  I don't know if Dvico is
>>>> cheap enough to do it, but other dual cards I've looked into have a
>>>> splitter on-board which introduces a minimum of -3.5 db, even it it's
>>>> done right, and I'm guessing theirs does, too.  Two capture cards (or
>>>> external devices) would be fine as I have an unused output on my
>>>> distribution amplifier already.
>>>>
>>>> A lot of what I've read indicates that the Hauppauge WinTV HVR-1265 has
>>>> the best sensitivity, but all the posts/articles that state that are
>>>> old
>>>> (like 2014) and I am wondering if anyone on this list has experience
>>>> with a capture device that is as good or better and supported on
>>>> Linux.
>>>> What would be really cool is a dual (or more) tuner device with an
>>>> inboard distribution amp, rather than a splitter.  Of course the
>>>> manufacturers don't seem to advertise anything about their hardware
>>>> capabilities, just their "cool" Windoze software.
>>>>
>>>> Any advise or experience with this would be greatly appreciated.
>>>>
>>>> Dave D.
>>>>
>>>>
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>>>
>>> Best is a rooftop antenna and an amplifier close to or on the antenna.
>>> If you do that the sensativity of your cards won't matter.
>>>
>>> Allen
>>>
>>
>> I have an attic mounted (large) antenna here with an amplifier that works
>> well also.  Newer homes with the radiation barriers in the attics do not
>> work well with this layout though.
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