Re: pcHDTV 5500 card - Connector comes loose?

2007-03-04 Thread Jon 'maddog' Hall
Ben, I have not checked my card yet to see if this is indeed the situation, or if yours was just a defect in manufacturing, but I will send your email along to the owner of the company that makes the board, for both input to their design/manufacturing process and/or for a replacement board if it

MythTV Installfest Beta Announcement - March 31st: 10:00 A.M.

2007-03-04 Thread Jon 'maddog' Hall
Hello, As people on this mailing list may know, we have been talking about having an installation fest for MythTV (www.mythtv.org), a piece of FOSS that allows your PC to act like a TV recorder, photo repository and music repository all in one. We have determined that a lot of people would like

Re: MythTV Installfest Beta Announcement - March 31st: 10:00 A.M.

2007-03-04 Thread Greg Kettmann
I think that would be a great idea and the location is convenient. I've been reading the MythTV mailing list for several months and have been collecting components (and my thoughts). I'd be interested to know what your recommendations would be, particularly for the capture card (PCR-150?)

Re: MythTV Installfest Beta Announcement - March 31st: 10:00 A.M.

2007-03-04 Thread Jon 'maddog' Hall
Greg, et. al., I've been reading the MythTV mailing list for several months and have been collecting components (and my thoughts). I'd be interested to know what your recommendations would be, particularly for the capture card (PCR-150?) and the output card (NVidia 5200 family??). Any

Re: pcHDTV 5500 card - Connector comes loose?

2007-03-04 Thread Paul Lussier
Ben Scott [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Can other owners of the pcHDTV 5500 confirm their card shares this (ahem) feature? If so, any ideas on improving the attachment, so that a poorly aimed mouse fart won't knock it off the tuner module again? Who's the manufacturer of this card? I'd like

Re: pcHDTV 5500 card - Connector comes loose?

2007-03-04 Thread Thomas Charron
pcHDTV is the Linux HDTV card. www.pchdtv.com, the only manufacturer I've heard of which released Linux drivers with no Windows drivers. On 3/4/07, Paul Lussier [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ben Scott [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Can other owners of the pcHDTV 5500 confirm their card shares this

Re: pcHDTV 5500 card - Connector comes loose?

2007-03-04 Thread Travis Roy
Also, its one of the few, if not only, HD cards that doesn't look at the broadcast flag. On Mar 4, 2007, at 9:59 PM, Thomas Charron wrote: pcHDTV is the Linux HDTV card. www.pchdtv.com, the only manufacturer I've heard of which released Linux drivers with no Windows drivers. On 3/4/07,

MythTV hardware (was: MythTV Installfest Beta...)

2007-03-04 Thread Ben Scott
On 3/4/07, Greg Kettmann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'd be interested to know what your recommendations would be ... As maddog said, our InstallFest will have some kind of recommendations/requirements -- a Hardware Compatibility List (HCL), as we say in the pro IT world. The plan is that if

Re: pcHDTV 5500 card - Connector comes loose?

2007-03-04 Thread Jarod Wilson
On Mar 04, 2007, at 22:03, Travis Roy wrote: Also, its one of the few, if not only, HD cards that doesn't look at the broadcast flag. Erm, sorry, but that's just not correct on multiple levels. The broadcast flag was shot down, and I'm not aware of any cards on the market today that