<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 3 January 2013 16:16, Calum Chisholm <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:calum.chisholm@gmail.com" target="_blank">calum.chisholm@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
Hi all,<br>
I recently bought an Acer Aspire Revo to use as a combined frontend<br>
and secondary backend. It has two free mini pci-express slots, at<br>
least one of which I would like to use for a DVB-T tuner. I currently<br>
have a chunky Hauppauge USB tuner hanging precariously out the back of<br>
the machine which I would like to retire.<br>
<br>
The mythtv hardware database[1] breaks down hardware by bus type, but<br>
doesn't differentiate between the various form factors, so<br>
unfortunately isn't of much use in this case.<br>
<br>
Linuxtv.org[2] lists 3 pretty obscure and/or expensive cards, and I<br>
was wondering if anyone had any alternative suggestions. I can't<br>
really justify paying €90 + p&p[3], particularly when there are many<br>
much cheaper cards listed on eBay - assuming that any of them are up<br>
to the job.<br>
<br>
I've read that some of these bargain cards are really USB tuners with<br>
the PCI-e <--> USB adapter built-in, so I'm hopeful that there's<br>
something out there for which there's already driver support.<br>
<br>
Any suggestions, thoughts?<br>
<br>
Thanks,<br>
Calum<br>
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[1] <a href="http://smolt.mythtv.org/" target="_blank">http://smolt.mythtv.org/</a><br>
[2] <a href="http://www.linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/DVB-T_PCIe_Cards#DVB-T_PCIe_Mini_Cards" target="_blank">http://www.linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/DVB-T_PCIe_Cards#DVB-T_PCIe_Mini_Cards</a><br>
[3] <a href="http://sundtek.com/shop/Digital-TV-Sticks-oxid/Sundtek-MediaTV-MiniPCIe-DVB-CT-FM-AnalogTV.html" target="_blank">http://sundtek.com/shop/Digital-TV-Sticks-oxid/Sundtek-MediaTV-MiniPCIe-DVB-CT-FM-AnalogTV.html</a><br>
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</blockquote></div><br>i cant really be of much help, but i'd say that the ammount of miniPCIe tuner cards out there must be countable on one hand - have you tried seeing whats available and then seeing if its supported by the v4l project?<br>
in my limited experience, you maybe able to zoom in on the miniPCIe card to see what chip it uses and see if it has a linux module for it. it's worked out for me in the past using this method, but not sure if thats luck or something more reliable.<br>