[mythtvnz] DVB-T PCI Card for linux?

Steve Nicholson steve at kiwibum.com
Thu Feb 7 07:24:30 GMT 2013


On 07/02/2013, at 6:15 PM, Mike Brady wrote:

> Quoting Curtis Walker <sultanoswing at gmail.com>:
>
>> On 7 February 2013 14:20, Ryan Brown <mp3geek at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Are there any linux friendly DVB-T PCI cards available?
>>>
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>>
>> The Hauppauge HVR-2200 should be detected 'out of the box' on most
>> modern linux distros. You may need to download and install firmware,
>> which is pretty straightforward. The HVR-2210 series also work, but
>> the one I have is listed as "unknown type" by the current kernel  
>> (3.7)
>> - still works, with the firmware, though. These are dual tuner cards,
>> which means you can record two different DVB-T muxes at the same  
>> time.
>>
>> I'm not aware of other brands that are readily available in NZ.
>>
>> Good luck!
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>
> Personally I use the HVR-2200, but both the HVR-2200 and HVR-2210  
> are PCI-E, not PCI.
>

I use a "WinTV HVR 1100 Hauppauge" which is a  "PCI" TV Tuner Card,  
works on Ubuntu, got it about a year ago on ebay for $40USD. If you  
look round you can still find them.



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