I've had Freevo running for some time now on an Ubuntu Hardy machine. I have been using it mainly for playing ripped videos, with a little use for music and photos. I have, so far, had the TV plugin disabled.
I would like to start using the TV plugin and recording OTA digital TV signals here in the US. I get really good reception with a lot of channels, so I know that shouldn't be a problem. I need a TV tuner. I would really prefer a USB one, so that if I get it and don't have the time or energy to get it or Freevo configured correctly, I can just connect it to my Windows 7 laptop and let Windows Media Center do the work. Ideally, I would like it to be as inexpensive as possible (single tuner is fine), but I am willing to pay a little more for something that just works. I have tried searching high and low and can't find any clear answers as to a TV tuner that will work reliably with Linux. The Freevo hardware page: http://doc.freevo.org/Hardware seems to either just list analog cards (which, if I understand things correctly, isn't broadcasted anymore in the US) and DVB cards, which I think is different than what is broadcast in the US. I also looked at the cards here: http://freevo.sourceforge.net/hardware/recommended.php but most are either not digital (or I can't figure out for sure), not USB, or not sold/made anymore. I would be willing to try a PCI based solution, if I could get it cheap (even off ebay or something) for around $25 or less. Otherwise I am hoping to stay in the $50-$60 range if at all possible. I came across the Hauppauge 1200 WinTV HVR-850 HDTV Tuner Stick which I saw a few reports that it might work in Linux, but then I saw others that seem to say that the newest versions don't. I would appreciate anyone's pointers or guidance. Thanks! Preston ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Centralized Desktop Delivery: Dell and VMware Reference Architecture Simplifying enterprise desktop deployment and management using Dell EqualLogic storage and VMware View: A highly scalable, end-to-end client virtualization framework. Read more! http://p.sf.net/sfu/dell-eql-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Freevo-users mailing list Freevo-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users
