Hi Dave, On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 11:41:25PM -0500, David Parker wrote:
> There are a lot of TV tuner cards that work in Linux, either with native > drivers or with drivers like ivtv. I have a Debian Etch box running > MythTV with two TV tuner cards in it, a Hauppauge PVR-350 and a Hauppauge > PVR-150, both of which use the ivtv drivers. The PVR-350 supports MPEG > encoding and decoding, so it can be used for recording and playback. It > also comes with a remote control and IR sensor which work very well using > lirc, and it has an on-board FM tuner which I have not personally used, > but I believe does work under Linux. The PVR-150 is only an encoder and > can only be used for recording. These two cards are fairly old, though, > and I'm sure there are better options out there now. I have read a lot of Would you have any reason not to buy a PVR-350 card? Since from if I understand you correctly, it will both record and allow me to watch tv? Is this a usb or a card you put in your motherboard? > praise for Nvidia's TV tuner cards as well. Will take a look. > > MythTV may not fit your needs as it is based on Qt, and that's all I have > personally used with these tuner cards so I'm afraid I can't make any > recommendations about software, but I'm sure there are several available. Ok. If I got remote support working, would I be able to do most things just with the remote eg, change channel, adjust volume, and enable recording? > The MythTV forums might be a good place to look, since tuner cards are a > big topic of discussion, and a lot of people mention other TV and radio > programs, too. Cool I'll take a look. Thanks very much for the reply, Cheers, Daniel > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
