Re: [mythtv-users] UK DVB-T card recommendations
* Avermedia DVB-T (has a svideo in as well - not sure what that can do). Again around Â60. I'm using one of these. As long as your signal isn't too weak you won't have any problems. We have a couple of freeview boxes which pick up one of the multiplexes at 25% signal strength (it's run at a lower power than the rest of the muxes). The DVB card doesn't pick this up unfortunately, but picks up all the other channels without a problem. I'm in the Bilsdale transmitter region. Check your local area at http://www.dtg.org.uk just to make sure you don't have a similar situation with one of the muxes before buying this card. I have no experience with the svideo input, but it is listed in Myth setup, so I would expect it could be used as a capture port. Another advantage is that the AverTV 771 has an aerial through-socket, but the backpanel doesn't have a cutout for it, so you'd need to mod it- but it saves having a booster/splitter anyway. Also it is the only half height DVB card available afaik, which means it'll fit in those smaller mATX cases (no half height bracket supplied tho). The remote apparently works in myth but is rubbish and tacky. I wouldn't bother with it (it doesn't have a standard 'up down left right' selection of arrows with 'select' in the middle, like most remotes either) Setup wasn't too bad, but the mt352 frontend driver is included as standard only with the 2.6.10 kernel and above. I am using a 2.4.26 kernel with the dvb files from linuxtv.org and patches from http://www.frokaschwei.net/avtv771/avermedia.html Hope this helps, Will ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] UK DVB-T card recommendations
On Monday 07 March 2005 13:19, Nigel Metheringham wrote: > I'm looking at building myself a Myth box. I'm aiming to have a couple > of DVB-T cards in there as the main sources, and probably another > analogue input card (we have a Sky box so its likely to be hooked to > there with maybe a short term attachment to a VCR whilst any required > tapes are transcoded). > > The analogue card seems to be pretty much a no-brainer - Hauppauge PVR- > [23]30. > > I'd like recommendations on DVB-T cards that work well with Myth for > UK/Freeview service. I'm aware of:- > * Hauppauge NOVA-T PCI cards (look like these are around £60) > * Pinnacle Mediacenter 300i (also has analogue in but presumably > without MPEG encoding - this would save me a card slot). What > appears to be an OEM version of this can be found for under £60. > * Avermedia DVB-T (has a svideo in as well - not sure what that > can do). Again around £60. > * Vision Plus Digital TV PCI Tuner Card - looks like this is > around £50 > > Any comments on best or cards worth avoiding would be very helpful. > > I'm initially looking at getting just one to trial in my existing box - > basically its to persuade the wife to go with this :-) > Working out the final hardware spec of the final box comes later. > > Cheers > Nigel. I'm happily using a Nova-T. Patching the driver for the new silver remote was the only extra thing I had to do. -- Rob ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] UK DVB-T card recommendations
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Nigel Metheringham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > * Vision Plus Digital TV PCI Tuner Card - looks like this is > around Â50 I'm using two of these in my box with Freeview and they seem to be working fine. Tom -- Tom Hughes ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) http://www.compton.nu/ ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] UK DVB-T card recommendations
I'm looking at building myself a Myth box. I'm aiming to have a couple of DVB-T cards in there as the main sources, and probably another analogue input card (we have a Sky box so its likely to be hooked to there with maybe a short term attachment to a VCR whilst any required tapes are transcoded). The analogue card seems to be pretty much a no-brainer - Hauppauge PVR- [23]30. I'd like recommendations on DVB-T cards that work well with Myth for UK/Freeview service. I'm aware of:- * Hauppauge NOVA-T PCI cards (look like these are around Â60) * Pinnacle Mediacenter 300i (also has analogue in but presumably without MPEG encoding - this would save me a card slot). What appears to be an OEM version of this can be found for under Â60. * Avermedia DVB-T (has a svideo in as well - not sure what that can do). Again around Â60. * Vision Plus Digital TV PCI Tuner Card - looks like this is around Â50 Any comments on best or cards worth avoiding would be very helpful. I'm initially looking at getting just one to trial in my existing box - basically its to persuade the wife to go with this :-) Working out the final hardware spec of the final box comes later. Cheers Nigel. -- [ Nigel Metheringham [EMAIL PROTECTED] ] [ - Comments in this message are my own and not ITO opinion/policy - ] ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
