[mythtv-users] Fusion 5 Lite Operation
Tom Lichti
tom at redpepperracing.com
Thu Nov 2 22:16:28 UTC 2006
Joe Votour wrote:
> <snip>
>
>> I had the same issues with mine, and I cannot find anyone, anywhere, who
>> has managed to get it working with Myth, so I sold it, and I'm looking
>> to get an HD HomeRun.
>>
>> Tom
>>
>
> The Fusion 5 Lite works wonderfully in MythTV. Before I recently got my
> HDHomeRun, it's what I was using for my digital TV. However, some things
> to keep in mind:
> 1. I was using OTA, not QAM. I've read horror stories on the mailing
> lists about using QAM.
>
I got QAM working with mplayer, but I couldn't make MythTV use the card.
> 2. The driver does not support reading the SNR/signal quality values from
> the demodulator. This makes aligning your antenna very difficult.
>
Not a problem with QAM.
> 3. You need a fairly recent kernel - I believe 2.6.15 or higher (though
> the Gold supposedly worked with 2.6.13 or higher).
>
2.6.17
Tom
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