On 23:25 Sat 29 Sep , Patrick May wrote: > On Sat, Sep 29, 2007 at 03:17:14PM -0500, forgottenwizard wrote: > > On 13:41 Sat 29 Sep , Grant Edwards wrote: > > > On 2007-09-29, forgottenwizard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > Since I'm using cable, I figure if I need to, in 17 month I > > > > can get a converter, or afford to buy a better card. > > > > > > If you're using cable, you may not need to. Cable companies > > > are free to continue distributing analog signals as long as > > > they want. > > > > > > -- > > > Grant Edwards grante Yow! I need to discuss > > > at BUY-BACK PROVISIONS > > > visi.com with at least six > > > studio > > > SLEAZEBALLS!! > > > > > > -- > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > > > > > > > > > > Good to know. Right now I'm down to finding a working app (mplayer only > > seems to work so far, and it doesn't seem to work quite right). > > Grant is correct. The digital switch only applies to OTA (Over the Air). Cable > operators could do whatever they want. > > Not sure why the PVR-150 isn't just working out of the box for you. I know > there were some complaints about Hauppauge quietly putting another device in > the box. And that's because of the switch over. As of March 1, 2007 > manufacturers had to include a digital tuner if they included an analog tuner. > This included computer interface cards as well. I believe the new Hauppauge is > a PVR-1600 with dual tuner (NTSC & ATSC). > > Good luck. > > Patrick
It seems to work. Using at and cat, I can record TV shows (needs a bit of work to make sure everything is scripted right, but I'm working on that). That along with mplayer target_file.mpg, I can watch and record at the same time, and mplayer /dev/video0 works for straight TV. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
