I've been using the Plextor ConvertX with Myth. It does have linux drivers. I've been using it with Suse 9.3.
http://oss.wischip.com/ MythTV supports the Plextor out of the box...so to speak. One limitation I've found is that although the unit can natively encode mpeg2, MythTV only supports mpeg4 on the Plextor. In my case, I've been trying to setup xbmcmythtv as a frontend, but it doesn't appear to work so well with mpeg4. All in all, the Plextor unit has been great. The developer at WIS actively monitors the divx device forums, so help is available when you stumble a bit. http://forums.divx.com/groupee/forums/a/frm/f/996105602 I'm not currently using it with a laptop, but I've got a friend who does. If your laptop doesn't support USB 2.0, you can just throw a PCMCIA card in there. I picked up my Plextor unit on ebay for about $100 used. - Abre On 11/9/05, Alex Cruz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wednesday 09 November 2005 07:51 am, Josh Burks wrote: > > On 11/8/05, Brandon Sherman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hello everybody, > > > I'm eyeing an old laptop to use as a MythTV box, but without PCI > > > slots, I need a PCMCIA card. I found this one: http:// > > > store.yahoo.com/saveateaglestore/mtvcbmcew.html? > > > ovchn=OTHER&ovcpn=Froogle&ovcrn=MTVCBMCEW&ovtac=CMP however I can't > > > find anything in the MythTV documentation about PCMCIA, etc. > > > > > > The laptop, just to let you all know, wouldn't be very laptop-like > > > after I'm done with it. ;-) > > > > > > Any thoughts on T.V. tuners other than PCI and USB? > > > > If you laptop has enough power, you might try a USB 2.0 PCMCIA card > > (if it doesn't have 2.0) and a Plextor ConvertX > > (http://plextor.com/english/products/TV402U.htm). > > > > Josh > > Interesting. Is that thing supported under Linux? > > -alex > _______________________________________________ > mythtv-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users > _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list [email protected] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
