Re: [mythtv-users] BT878 based DVB-T Cards

2005-02-22 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Sun, Feb 20, 2005 at 02:28:15PM -, Neil Davidson wrote: Actually, I have no idea how big its buffer is, except to say that card has never given me any trouble whatsoever. Nor has the cx23883 so far. are the cx23883 cards easier to get working than the bt878 cards? I have a Nebula

RE: [mythtv-users] BT878 based DVB-T Cards

2005-02-21 Thread Paul Volkaerts
are the cx23883 cards easier to get working than the bt878 cards? I have a Nebula that I've still not been able to get working in linux (could be that i really don't have too much idea what i;m doing in linux yet though) I use a Nebula without any problem. It is very sensitive

Re: [mythtv-users] BT878 based DVB-T Cards

2005-02-20 Thread Mark Smith
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hamish Moffatt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Judging by the traffic on linux-dvb, not many. In my system, I had the Avermedia 761 card, a Nova-T clone and the onboard SATA controller all on the same PCI bus, and it was unworkable. Did the Nova-T clone have a

Re: [mythtv-users] BT878 based DVB-T Cards

2005-02-20 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Sun, Feb 20, 2005 at 11:08:14AM +, Mark Smith wrote: In message [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hamish Moffatt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Judging by the traffic on linux-dvb, not many. In my system, I had the Avermedia 761 card, a Nova-T clone and the onboard SATA controller all on the

RE: [mythtv-users] BT878 based DVB-T Cards

2005-02-20 Thread Neil Davidson
Judging by the traffic on linux-dvb, not many. In my system, I had the Avermedia 761 card, a Nova-T clone and the onboard SATA controller all on the same PCI bus, and it was unworkable. Did the Nova-T clone have a much larger buffer? Actually, I have no idea how big its buffer is,

RE: [mythtv-users] BT878 based DVB-T Cards

2005-02-20 Thread Neil Davidson
are the cx23883 cards easier to get working than the bt878 cards? I have a Nebula that I've still not been able to get working in linux (could be that i really don't have too much idea what i;m doing in linux yet though) I use a Nebula without any problem. It is very sensitive to

[mythtv-users] BT878 based DVB-T Cards

2005-02-19 Thread Mark Smith
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hamish Moffatt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I wouldn't touch any DVB card based on the BT878 with a 40 foot barge pole. See the linux-dvb archives for my reasons why. Both of these cards use that chip; in general, the cheaper cards use it. I'd be

RE: [mythtv-users] BT878 based DVB-T Cards

2005-02-19 Thread Neil Davidson
I wouldn't touch any DVB card based on the BT878 with a 40 foot barge pole. See the linux-dvb archives for my reasons why. Both of these cards use that chip; in general, the cheaper cards use it. I'd be particularly concerned about using two of them in the same system. The problem is

Re: [mythtv-users] BT878 based DVB-T Cards

2005-02-19 Thread Hamish Moffatt
I wrote: I wouldn't touch any DVB card based on the BT878 with a 40 foot barge pole. See the linux-dvb archives for my reasons why. Both of these cards use that chip; in general, the cheaper cards use it. What cards would you recomend then. The easily available ones in the UK are