[mythtv-users] Installing new HVR-1600, conflict with nvidia card / PCI slot usage??

Raymond Wagner raymond at wagnerrp.com
Mon Oct 27 02:25:56 UTC 2008


Bobby Gill wrote:
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>
> On Sun, Oct 26, 2008 at 10:03 PM, Nick F <nikos.f at gmail.com 
> <mailto:nikos.f at gmail.com>> wrote:
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>     On Sun, Oct 26, 2008 at 8:55 PM, Bobby Gill <bobbygill at rogers.com
>     <mailto:bobbygill at rogers.com>> wrote:
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>         On Sun, Oct 26, 2008 at 9:50 PM, Nick F <nikos.f at gmail.com
>         <mailto:nikos.f at gmail.com>> wrote:
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>             Have you increased your vmalloc space (in your grub
>             file)?  Until I did that I couldn't get my HVR-1600 and
>             Nvidia to play nicely together.
>
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>         I actually did just do that, and it's worknig now (and in the
>         other PCI slot to boot!). vmalloc=256M did it.
>
>         Nick can you offer any tips/experience on your HVR-1600
>         usage?? I am in a dilemma right now as to whether I should
>         keep it or return it and grab another cheap pvr-150 for the
>         moment. My main thing is having a card that can capture
>         HD/digital for the future when I get an antenna, and also
>         analog for right now.
>
>     I'm pretty happy with mine - except the first analogue capture
>     after a reboot is always a dud.  The HD side works pretty well -
>     but I've since got a HD Homerun which is brilliant. If I was to do
>     it again, I'd probably just get a PVR-150 and a HDHomerun.
>
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> Nick,
>
> Thanks a lot. I think that makes sense. And can you use the HDHomeRun 
> with a digital box? Like this: 
> https://www.rogers.com/web/content/personal-about/hardware (First one, 
> "DIGITAL TERMINAL").
>
> So do you basically use the HDHomerun for the HD chans you get with an 
> antenna or some such means, and the 150 for all the rest in regular 
> cable tv?
>
> Thanks very much
> Bob
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The HDHomerun is digital only.  You can only capture the ATSC or QAM 
feeds directly off the coax.  It has no analog capacity so you cannot 
use it to capture the analog output of an STB.


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