Re: NTSC/ATSC device recommendation
| Newsgroups | gmane.comp.video.video4linux |
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| Message-ID | <alpine.LRH.2.00.0909081327170.4833@rray2> |
On Tue, 8 Sep 2009, Devin Heitmueller wrote: > 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. > Thanks, that is the kind of info I was hoping for There are still low power analog stations in my area I would like a device that can reliably receive analog and digital Richard -- video4linux-list mailing list Unsubscribe mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/video4linux-list