[mythtv-users] MythTV+Mageia2+PowerViewTV card(s)

[Nick Rout]

On Mon, Oct 1, 2012 at 11:44 PM, Marc Paré <marc at marcpare.com> wrote:
> Hi John, Nick et all,
>
> Thanks for your help.
>
> I have put together my specs again as I had not properly put the fact that I
> would need a PCI card, and, judging from the sites I have gone to, my
> choices are limited. I have also read up a lot more about the Rogers cable
> service (our cable service), and the Rogers analog service will stop for
> everyone by December 31st 2012 -- it will be phased out region by region. We
> are still receiving analog service for now but can switch to digital service
> anytime by calling Rogers. After December 31st, all analog users will no
> longer receive any service and will be forced to get digital.
>
> So, it looks like I should be building a PVR (or would it be a DVR?) for
> digital service.
>
> So here are my specs again with the answer to John's questions:
>
> ==========================
>
> Location: Canada
> Signal: analog soon to be digital for everyone on the service by December
> 31st 2012
> TVCard: presently using PowerView Card with TVTime. MythTV does not
> recognize the card. It is an analog TVCard.
> MoBo: ASRock 775i65g -- 3 PCI slots (NO PCIe SLOTS AVAILABLE)[1]
> RAM: 2 gig (MoBo max)
> Hardrive: SATA 1Tb
>
> Computer OS: Mageia2 Linux (Linux kernel 3.3.8-2)
> MythTV version 0.25
> TVCard replacement: willing to spend up to $200Cdn

One word: HDHomerun. does not need an internal slot, so your old MB
doesn't matter.

Not sure if a Prime helps you in Canada with Rogers, others will know.

>
> I am hoping to put together a PVR system for my wife. She would like to
> record 2 channels at the same time OR be able to view and tune at the same
> time. It looks so far that the best choices from the Hauppauge group of
> cards but I am not sure as to which would best suit.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Marc
>
> [1] http://www.asrock.com/mb/intel/775i65g/
>
> --
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