[mythtvnz] AverMedia has released USB Linux drivers

[Steven Ellis]

On Wed, April 1, 2009 5:38 pm, Stephen Worthington wrote:
> I was just visiting the AverMedia site and I noticed a news item:
>
>   http://www.avermedia.com/AVerTV/Press/NewsDetail.aspx?Id=271
>
> It seems they have released Linux drivers for most of their USB DVB-T
> tuners, including the one I have:
>
>   http://www.avermedia.com/avertv/Product/ProductDetail.aspx?Id=9
>
> So that opens up some more useful choices for MythTV.
>
> The dates on the driver downloads are quite old (May 2008), but I am
> pretty sure they were not there last time I visited the site a couple
> of weeks ago.


Great news, but would be even better if they would do PCIe support for
devices like this one

http://www.iway.co.nz/product/XJS86QW63RX8/AVerTV-Duo-Hybrid-PCI-E-TV-Tuners-(Digital-Terrestrial---Analog---FM).html

Still it is very nice to see.

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