On 11/04/2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm running a Yuan PG300 PCI DVB-T card (also called a Stratford > PG300). It cost me $55, and happily decodes all Australian free-to-air > DVB-T channels (including hi-def channels, although you will need a fairly > beefy PC to view them). > > It works out of the box in Gutsy. Pre-gutsy you needed to manually feed a > card number while loading the kernel module, but it still worked fine. > > I'm currently running mine in a Mythbuntu machine (MythTV / XFCE4 / > Xubuntu mish-mash project) as a homebrew PVR. MythTV's web interface makes > it trivial to schedule recordings (MythTV can pull TV schedules from the EIT > broadcast over DVB-T). Recorded shows can be transcoded (XVid is my codec > of choice) and copied off to other machines in the house with ease. Very > cool little project. > > I'll be buying another identical card shortly, as the family are starting > to see how easy the MythTV box is to use, and the inevitable is occurring: > people want to record multiple channels at once, which means needing another > card. :) > > -Dan
Hey, Dual tuner cards are now only ~$100[1], I think if I were to buy another it'd be just as easy to get one of these. Interesting note: A mate who has one noted that his PCI card is actually detected as a USB hub with the two tuner modules hanging off it. cheers, Owen. [1] At least at places like msy/itestate/fluidtek On Fri Apr 11 9:48 , Paul Gear sent: > > > >Anyone know any good digital tuner hardware (PCI, USB, or otherwise) > > > >that works with Ubuntu? I don't want to spend money on a new TV. :-) > > > > -- > ubuntu-au mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au >
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