[mythtv-users] Reliability of USB capture cards

[Roy Lofthouse]

On 25 July 2010 21:07, Keith Edmunds <kae at midnighthax.com> wrote:
> On Sun, 25 Jul 2010 20:55:31 +0100, lists at purplish-monkey.com said:
>
>> I'm in the UK using the Radio Times* xmltv feed so I don't have to use
>> EIT.
>
> I'm in the UK also, and I'd be interested in your experiences with the
> Radio Times data (but perhaps that's a subject for another thread).
>
>> However IIRC Myth can still pick up the EIT data when its recording but
>> then if you don't record frequently you won't pick up new data very
>> often.
>
> Good point. I have a mandatory recording each morning for my three year
> old daughter(!), so hopefully the schedule info will be kept up to date.
> I'll keep an eye on it.
>
> I really appreciate you taking the time to explain how you resolved the
> problem: thank you.
>
> Keith
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been running a pvr-500 for a while now with radio times and had no
issues with the cards or xmltv.