Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Help finding a tv tuner card's chipset

[forgottenwizard]

On 23:25 Sat 29 Sep     , Patrick May wrote:
> On Sat, Sep 29, 2007 at 03:17:14PM -0500, forgottenwizard wrote:
> > On 13:41 Sat 29 Sep     , Grant Edwards wrote:
> > > On 2007-09-29, forgottenwizard <phrexianreaper@××××××××.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > > Since I'm using cable, I figure if I need to, in 17 month I
> > > > can get a converter, or afford to buy a better card.
> > >
> > > If you're using cable, you may not need to.  Cable companies
> > > are free to continue distributing analog signals as long as
> > > they want.
> > >
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> > >
> >
> > Good to know. Right now I'm down to finding a working app (mplayer only
> > seems to work so far, and it doesn't seem to work quite right).
>
> Grant is correct. The digital switch only applies to OTA (Over the Air). Cable
> operators could do whatever they want.
>
> Not sure why the PVR-150 isn't just working out of the box for you. I know
> there were some complaints about Hauppauge quietly putting another device in
> the box. And that's because of the switch over. As of March 1, 2007
> manufacturers had to include a digital tuner if they included an analog tuner.
> This included computer interface cards as well. I believe the new Hauppauge is
> a PVR-1600 with dual tuner (NTSC & ATSC).
>
> Good luck.
>
> Patrick

It seems to work. Using at and cat, I can record TV shows (needs a bit
of work to make sure everything is scripted right, but I'm working on
that). That along with mplayer target_file.mpg, I can watch and record
at the same time, and mplayer /dev/video0 works for straight TV.

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