Re: NTSC/ATSC device recommendation
Devin Heitmueller <[email protected]>
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On Tue, Sep 8, 2009 at 1:56 PM, Ben Swartzlander<[email protected]> wrote: > [email protected] wrote: >> >> I would like to purchase a NTSC/ATSC device that is functional under Linux >> MY only requirement is receiving FTA broadcast >> Would y'all recommend a USB device or better to stick with a pci device >> I have followed this list and have only become more confused >> >> Thanks >> Richard > > I have 2 Hauppauge WinTV-HVR-850 USB sticks in my MythTV box (Ubuntu 8.04). > USB is preferable to PCI for all kinds of reasons. I bought mine here: > http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16815116031 > > Note that if you go with this device, you'll need to manually add the > firmware to your /lib/firmware directory. You can get the firmware here: > http://www.steventoth.net/linux/xc5000/ > > There are plenty of other supported devices though. When I was doing my > research, this page was an extremely useful resource for Linux ATSC > hardware: http://www.linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/ATSC_Devices > > -Ben I'm really familiar with the HVR-850, and figured it would be worth mentioning that the HVR-850 only very recently got analog support in the Linux driver, and it has some issues with MythTV in particular (which I haven't had a chance to fix yet). So if you're planning on doing analog with MythTV, that may not be a good device to go with right now. Cheers, Devin -- Devin J. Heitmueller - Kernel Labs http://www.kernellabs.com -- video4linux-list mailing list Unsubscribe mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/video4linux-list