[mythtv-users] DVB-S support and mythtv

Ben Bucksch linux.news at bucksch.org
Tue May 6 17:50:51 EDT 2003


jbeuree at rogers.com wrote:

>the 'low budget' cards would probably be better. Does anyone know of any other drawbacks with these?
>
They can't prefilter the videostream, resulting in a bit larger load on 
the machine, but that should be about it.

>The Hauppauge WinTV Nova looks like a reasonable choice to me.
>
Yes. I'll probably buy them as well.

>Is there anything else I need to be aware of when specifically considering these cards for myth?
>
Yes, MythTV doesn't support them yet. I am working on it as we're 
speaking, but it's very rough, I'd classify it as experimental. If you 
have some debugging experience and are willing to invest time, you are 
invited to help. Otherwise, I'd wait until it matured.

Greetings,

Ben



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