On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 7:10 PM, Andy Walls <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, 2010-01-06 at 16:28 -0600, Dennis J Harrison Jr wrote: >> Hope I am not emailing you out of turn here : > > Well, I usually ignore personal emails related to driver development > that don't have a particular stated need for confidentiality - I like to > keep development of linux drivers out in the open. > > So, I hope you don't mind that I Cc: the ivtv-users list because: > > a. you did your homework, :) > b. you had a good question, and > c. others may benefit from the answer. >
Thank you for responding to me directly - as I was unsure of the protocol for contact. >> I see the thread - >> http://ivtvdriver.org/pipermail/ivtv-users/2008-July/008462.html >> > >> I was wondering what your experience has been with this card. > > I have just had positive feedback and a fix submitted for the PVR-2100 > from someone on the linux-media list who uses the card to tune to RF > PAL-D stations. The latest fix to get the tuner working properly on > this card can be found at: > > http://linuxtv.org/hg/~awalls/cx18-pvr2100 > > The DVR-3100H is essentially the same card except with DVB-T receive > capability as well. > > >> I am >> looking to setup a mythtv box in the house - and I am stuck on >> satellite. The only way I can see to get hd content out of the >> receivers are hdmi and component. My understanding is that no hdmi >> capture cards work properly under linux (hours of google - is all I >> have to go on for this though). So that leaves component capture, and >> the leadtek pvr2100 would be the best bang for the buck (I think?). > > Well keep in mind for this card that: > > a. you may need to buy a component video adjunct cable & bracket from > Leadtek. It may not come standard with the card. > > b. the cx18 driver currently does not support Component video for any > card. It would be a non-trivial effort for me to add it to the cx18 > driver, but not terribly hard either. I do not have hardware with which > to test, though. > > c. there may be some hardware specific GPIO settings to enable the > component video inputs that I don't know about. I probably can ask > Leadtek for those specific details if I need them - Leadtek is linux > friendly in my experience. > You're correct about needing to buy a cable / bracket for this card. I would certainly get you a card, cable & bracket to you if you have an interest in further development! > >> As well as being on the pci bus instead of usb (like the hauppage >> device that does component in). Which I figured would be the best of >> both worlds? > > Well, there is an advantage to being out of the PC chassis when it comes > to EMI reduction for RF signal reception. > I hadn't even thought of this - at all -. Thanks for the insight. > Also a PCIe card that meets your needs would likely be preferable to a > PCI one. PCI slots are getting hard to come by nowadays. > This is absolutely true as well - Does anyone on the list know if there are any PCIe w/ component in cards working in linux? > > I hope that helps you make a decision. > Absolutely! It seems like the best option for us right now is to grab a few Hauppauge HD PVRs. Although, should we worry about usb being a limiting factor (and I've read a lot about needing to power cycle the units every so often - due to freezing and not correctly stopping recording of a show)? I know the bitrate can get as high as 13.5mb/s for each device, and we're looking to have 4 channels of recording / view available to us at once (large family). > Regards, > Andy > Thank you very much - again :) >> Thanks for your time, >> Dennis Harrison > > > _______________________________________________ ivtv-users mailing list [email protected] http://ivtvdriver.org/mailman/listinfo/ivtv-users
