Andy Walls wrote: >> I currently have an Hauppauge PVR-500MCE which is working well for >> my needs, but wish to capture digital ATSC transmissions in my area. >> >> I purchased an HVR-1800 for the purpose but am dismayed to find that >> it has a (new to me) PCIe connection rather than PCI. >> >> What PCI cards (or USB for that matter, but the MPEG2 hardware >> compression is desired) are others using to enable ivtv, please? >> >> Thank you. > > An HVR-1600 is PCI. It can capture Over The Air ATSC or North > American Cable (clear) QAM for digitial TV. It can caputre and MPEG > compress NTSC from over the air or other analog standards from the > video inputs. It can perform analog and digital TV capture at the > same time.
Thank you, but I get the distinct impression that there are driver problems with the HVR-1600, as evidenced by the thread "HVR-1600 Improvements". I will look for one on Craigslist however, in the hopes that Devin achieves his goals. > However, you don't need an MPEG encoder for digital TV. USB devices > DTV devices are cheaper and more flexible, if you already have an > analog MPEG encoder card like the PVR-500. The analog PVR-500MCE tuner is used only for VHS video capture; there are no analog television broadcasts here. I do desire the ATSC capture in an MPEG2 format for my specific needs, and prefer that it be done in hardware. Are you suggesting that a USB DTV device can somehow be routed through the PVR-500 to achieve the hardware MPEG2 compression, or do I misunderstand you? _______________________________________________ ivtv-users mailing list [email protected] http://ivtvdriver.org/mailman/listinfo/ivtv-users
