[mythtv-users] newbie help - ATI capture card?

[Robert Denier]

If you have spent two weeks on it, I'd tend to recommend, if possible
giving up and ordering a Hauppage PVR150 from newegg or your computer
store of choice.  I'm trying to use cheap ATI video cards with s-video
out for front ends, which is doable afaik, but using a ATI for the
backend is probably just a path to frustration.

Of course the video out quality of video cards running Svideo is usually
sub par, with I think nvidia having the best ones and the best solution
being the hauppage one with TV out..  If you are using 20" or less tv's
you might consider seeing if you have a used computer store around you
can find some good used or just buy new monitors (They are surprisingly
affordable now).  Avoiding the whole s-video issue has its merits.  I
think I saw a sharp 19" monitor at one used computer store in St. Louis
at around $90.

Beyond the 20" range if you have the money, some tv's have digital
connections, and that brings with it a whole new set of issues.

Of course reading here might help...
http://www.mythtv.org/docs/mythtv-HOWTO-3.html#ss3.1


On Sun, 2005-09-04 at 16:02 -0400, Todd Houle wrote:
> I've been fighting for 'bout 2 week now and failing :(   MythTV (I  
> think) is working..  I think the problem I'm having is getting Fedora  
> to recognize my TV Card.  It comes up in lspci as an ATI Rage 128.   
> It also have a coax port on it that is ignored.  I think I heard this  
> card was a TV Wonder card (not that all-in-Wonder) but am not sure.   
> ATI doesn't label anything...
> 
> I also have 2 usb TV tuners to try including an ATI USB (I've no idea  
> what model/version) and MyTV2Go ('for Mac' sticker on back).  I was  
> using debian with no success so I switched to Fedora after I found  
> this tutorial on MythTV and Fedora online....
> 
> The TV program and MythTV both say "can't open /dev/video0".  Looking  
> in /dev i see no video entries...    Are there drivers for these  
> devices?  How do I find/install them?  I'm an advanced Mac OS X user  
> and very comfortable with command line- but newish to linux.
> 
> Oh- and am I right that the card with the coax port on it is called a  
> "capture card"?
> 
>    thanks
>       Todd
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