I have an AIW Radeon that I have never bothered to try TV with on Mandrake 9.0. Any tips on how you got this working for us other users? Perhaps you could post your procedure here. Thanks.
Regards, Mike --- Dave Laird <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Good morning, Lorne... > > On Monday 20 January 2003 09:01 pm, Lorne wrote: > > > I know this isn't what you are going to want to > hear, but I've had > > Hauppauge PCI TV cards (Actually I have 3 of them > currently) and I've had > > the ATI all in wonder radeon and a newer one a few > months ago. I've had > > nothing but trouble with the ATI cards. I've had > them in 4 different > > computers, XP, ME, and 98. Drivers don't matter. I > had it up and running in > > I was somewhat *startled* to discover that the > drivers for Windows 98 and > Windows ME both had substantial problems. I sent the > card back to ATI for > replacement when the first card wouldn't initialize > the BIOS. They were very > good, actually, about troubleshooting the card, and > about getting me another > card. That *really* surprised me, given the bad > experiences I had in the > past. > > > Linux 8.2, but it is was just flat erratic and > unstable. Support for ATI > > sucks big time. Ever try to call those folks? I've > fought with ATI products > > for 2 years now. I will never go back. I now have > NVIDIA chipset video card > > and HAUPPAUGE tv card and have no problems at all > in any OS I've choses so > > far. > > After getting this card working with xawtv earlier > this evening, and after > consideration of what praise you gave for Hauppage > cards, I may simply get a > Hauppage card for my own use. The guy whose system > now has a working ATI card > is happy, and now that I've had a bit of experience > with xawtv and the > interfaces involved, I'm feeling a lot more > confident about it. > > > I fairness I think the worst thing is their > drivers, but who knows. Good > > luck man. > > Thanks. The ATI card is working, although perhaps > not as well as I'd like it > tow work. However, I think for my own use, I'm > simply going to go get a > Hauppage card and see how that works out. > > Dave > - -- > Dave Laird ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > The Used Kharma Lot / The Phoenix Project > Web Page: http://www.kharma.net updated 01/02/2003 > Music Calendar & Website: > http://www.kharma.net/calendar.html > Usenet news server : news://news.kharma.net > > An automatic & random thought For the Minute: > bureaucracy, n: > A method for transforming energy into solid waste. > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQE+LRH5aE1ENZP1A28RAuBgAJ9EYl7eCUg9l944cJFy7dlMpEEA2QCeJo6M > VDiazywwaH/HLLkTczkbsdo= > =AA5X > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com
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