[mythtvnz] FW: Hauppauge WinTV-HVR-1300

[Jonathan Hoskin]

+1 to that question. I have an AMD AM2+ board so I would be keen to
know which AMD CPUs (if any) can handle the 1080 sources?

Jono

On Tue, Aug 12, 2008 at 10:11 AM, James Booth <james at booths.net.nz> wrote:
> I finally got an HVR-1300 running in my box yesterday. Only the DVB-T part
> of the card works with the current drivers, analogue is no-go. Check out
> www.linuxtv.org under hardware for info on setting up the driver, obtaining
> firmware image, etc. Note you will need the latest l4v-dvb to use the card,
> it complied fine for me but I had some problems getting it to work, then I
> updated everything I could on my box (Mythbuntu 8.02) and compiled again and
> it worked fine.
>
> As per previous posts in this list, once you have it running you are only
> half way there. I used Paul Kendalls Ubuntu repository with all his patches
> (http://pkendall.homeip.net/) - just set it up and let it rip, but I guess
> you will want to compile from his source. (Thanks Paul!). My card now works,
> however after about 15 minutes of running its starts getting the blockies
> and then crashes the front-end unless I stop and restart Live TV, so still
> some work to do. Also, my box struggles with 1080 source, I think my
> processor is too slow (2GHz Pentium Dual Core) - can anyone recommend what
> processor works well with 1080 on DVB-T?
>
> James.
>
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> Message: 5
> Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2008 16:34:17 +1200
> From: Steven Mulvay <steven.mulvay at slingshot.co.nz>
> Subject: [mythtvnz] Hauppauge WinTV-HVR-1300, Internal PCI Analogue/
>  Digital TV card
> To: MythTV in NZ <mythtvnz at lists.linuxnut.co.nz>
> Message-ID: <20080811163417.859344.7ca567a0 at slingshot.co.nz>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
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> Hi all,
> Can anyone confirm or deny the compatibility of the Hauppauge
> WinTV-HVR-1300 Internal PCI Analogue/ Digital TV card with Linux and
> MythTV? Would Linux be able to use it's hardware MPEG -2 encoder for
> analogue TV? Is it's remote control compatible?
>
> Here is the card's web page:
> http://www.hauppauge.co.uk/site/products/data_hvr1300.html
>
> Computer info:
> Distro: Sidux (which is very closely based off Debian Sid)
> Mythtv version: 0.21 SVN
> Kernel: 2.6.25-9.slh.1-686-sidux (I haven't upgraded the kernel in
> ages, so there probably is a kernel upgrade available if need be)
>
> I have the afore mentioned TV card on back order with Ascent. Now that
> I know that Ascent does not always issue a full refund I thought I
> would ask you guys about the card, and if need be cancel my order
> before the card is shipped.
>
> Cheers,
> Steve :)
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