On 6/9/06, Christopher Boorman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > tvtime doesn't support the ivtv cards. An alternative is to use
> > xawtv4, http://linux.bytesex.org/xawtv/.  There has been no release
> > yet, so you probably have to compile it yourself from a cvs snapshot.
> > http://dl.bytesex.org/cvs-snapshots/xawtv-20060317-134453.tar.gz
> >
> Now I'm even more confused. I posted on alt.os.linux.mandriva, and was
> told to use tvtime since was the easiest way to determine if my card was
> working. What do you mean by "supporting ivtv cards". My card is
> Hauppauge, ivtv is just the driver. Would anyone be willing to walk me
> through this step by step?
>

>From tvtime's web page, http://tvtime.sourceforge.net/cards.html :
"The ivtv driver supports cards that provide high quality MPEG2
encoded video. This cards are ideal for PVR systems. However, tvtime
has no MPEG2 decoding capabilities or audio playback code, and
therefore cannot be used to watch live TV from these cards."

Regards,
Petter

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