> -----Original Message----- > From: Derek Jennings [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, 31 March 2005 5:48 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [newbie] Hardware compatibility - Digital TV Tuner > > > On Thursday 31 March 2005 01:51, Hugh Dixon wrote: > > Does anyone know anything about using/installing Digital TV Tuners > > under mandrake 10.1. I can find nothing on the mandrake site (Am I > > looking in wrong place?). There are generic Linux articles about > > needing the 2.6.11 kernel. > > > > Does anyone know anything about this? > > > > (I did a search for "TV Card" on the mandrake hardware > compatibility > > list and found nothing! I find this odd as analogue tuners > seem to be > > well supported...) > > > > Hugh > > ------ > > The most overlooked advantage to owning a computer is that if they > > foul up there's no law against wacking them around a little. - > > Porterfield > > Which Digital TV card are you asking about?
I don't know - something that is easy to set up with Mandrake! > Mandrake 10.1 will work "out of the box" with some cards > (e.g. Avermedia DVB), > but will require compiling of new modules with others (e.g. new style > Hauppauge Nova-T) The situation is complicated by > manufacturers changing the > chip sets of their cards without changing model names. > > Mandrake 10.2 will support many more cards without having to > recompile the > kernel. > > Personally I would recommend a card based on a late model > chip set such as the > Connexant cx88 chipset. The Hauppauge Nova-T DVB card works > better for me > than the Avermedia card did. (better signal quality) > > What software do you want to use with the card? I currently use KDETV with an analog card. I did a 'click and install' of Myth TV, and it didn't run. I put it on my list of things to look at later - the list that gets put in a corner and never acted on. This may be a good reason to look at Myth again, in which case I would be most grateful for your rpms. > I can heartily recommend MythTV. It is absolutely fabulous. > There are RPMs for it on plf, but they are out of date and > not compiled for > digital TV (DVB) cards. I can supply you with a set of RPMs > of the latest > version compiled for Mdk 10.1. > > derek > > > -- > www.jennings.homelinux.net > http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org > >
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