So a couple days ago I went to the Free Geek Thrift Store to get a sound card in the hope that it would alleviate the rumble problem I have with the sound chip on the Asus motherboard. They were out of stock of sound cards, but right next to the bin where the sound cards were supposed to be was a Hauppage WinTV-PVR-150 with a $5 price tag. It says "NTSC/NTSC/3 26552 LF, Rev F0A3."
My desktop computer currently runs Lucid x86_64. All the computer ever does is stream internet radio and play the occasional movie. But it might be cool to be able to watch television on it. It is connected to an Asus 22" monitor at 1920 x 1080. I have Comcast cable with basic TV service, and an wall jack near the computer. The computer also has a messed up software RAID (mirror) where one drive is not running. I haven't bothered to fix it. I set up the mirror with mdadm when I first built the computer about four years ago just to figure out how to do it. I have no real need to keep the RAID. My problem is that I never acquired any clues for television. There are a ton of formats and many abbreviations of which I have no ken whatsoever. Regardless of my cluelessness, I am thinking I will wipe out Lucid, wipe out the RAID, and install Mythbuntu 12.04 on one of the two drives, leaving the other for whatever. Before installing Mythbuntu I will insert the Hauppage card. My plan is that Mythbuntu will say "Oh gee! A WinTV-PVR-150!" and proceed to set it up flawlessly. Am I dreaming? Has anyone ever used one of these cards? _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
