I am currently using a Hauppauge Nova-T 500 Dual DVB-T card in my Mythtv box. I can't remember how much it cost because I got it a while ago but I think it was around $150 or less. Standard Gutsy install and it works okay, no special drivers required - but occasionally I get usb disconnects (the card is a pci card but the tuners turn up as usb-tuners) which causes mythtv to stop recording. To get around this I setup 'monit' to monitor the messages log and restart the dvb card whenever this happens.
Chris On Mon, 2008-04-14 at 13:01 +1000, Morgan Storey wrote: > Next question which dual port tv cards are Ubuntu/Linux compatible, or > someone has had some experience with could maybe comment? > > On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 11:31 AM, Owen Townend > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > 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 > > > -- > ubuntu-au mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au > > > > > -- > ---------------------------------------------- > Regards > Morgan Storey,A+, MCSE:Security. > Senior Network and Security Consultant.
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