Re: TV Tuner card for Ubuntu 9.04 amd64

2009-08-26 Thread Barry Williams
I have two Dvico dual 4's for 4 tuners that multiplex so I can in fact record 8 channels if 4 of them are on the same multiplex. They work great however unfortunately I think you still need to drop in some firmware but I think they are now supported in the kernel even the rev2's. Even if they are

Re: TV Tuner card for Ubuntu 9.04 amd64

2009-08-26 Thread aviper4u
Thanks so the dvico dual 4's work a treat eh, is that the same for the PCIe and PCI? I know one is meant to be faster though can any real time benefit be seen. Thanks guys and girls any other tried and tested as MSY is nearly always out of stock On Aug 26, 10:03 pm, Barry Williams

TV Tuner card for Ubuntu 9.04 amd64

2009-08-25 Thread aviper4u
Hi, Want to use a TV Tuner card with Ubuntu, apparently this is no problem with MythTV though on the following page http://www.linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/Supported_Hardware The guide talks about plugging in the card then running commands to see if it compatible? I want to know if it compatible

Re: TV Tuner card for Ubuntu 9.04 amd64

2009-08-25 Thread Scott Evans
Hi... I use a Pinnacle 72e (DiB7000) and this works out of the box from ubuntu intrepid (8.10) onwards... any earlier then you need to apply kernel patches etc... This is however (72e) only a single channel receiver and it might be wise (I wasn't!) to get a dual channel receiver then you can