[mythtvnz] DVB-S PCI card availability

[Steven Ellis]

On Wed, February 25, 2009 4:24 pm, Craig Whitmore wrote:
> On Wed, 2009-02-25 at 16:15 +1300, Steven Ellis wrote:
>> On Wed, February 25, 2009 3:32 pm, Craig Whitmore wrote:
>> > On Wed, 2009-02-25 at 14:54 +1300, Robin Gilks wrote:
>> >> Does anyone have any recommendations? I have a SkyStar 2 at present
>> but
>> >> wish to double up to get both multiplexes from D1. A PCI-E X1 would
>> be
>> >> ideal since I'm upgrading the m/b soon anyway (but I doubt there will
>> be
>> >> one at a sensible price even if they are available!!!)
>> >>
>> >> I see Hads is having problems getting Technotrend cards and I'm shy
>> of
>> >> ordering a no-name card from TradeMe in case it isn't supported under
>> >> Linux.
>> >>
>> >> Cheers
>> >
>> > The Hauppauge HVR-3000 and HVR-4000 are both 100% supported in Linux
>> and
>> > I use the HVR-4000 with no problems. Has DVB-S, DVB-T and DVB-S2
>> support
>> > (not at the same time) and Analog TV and FM support
>>
>> Out of the box with a major distro, or patched kernel etc?
>>
>>
>
> From the 2.6.28 version the standard linux Kernel (no 3rd party patches
> are needed) the HVR3000/4000 where 100% supported.

uname -a
Linux insp1420 2.6.27-11-generic #1 SMP Thu Jan 29 19:28:32 UTC 2009
x86_64 GNU/Linux

Hmm so perhaps with Ubuntu 9.04 then. Any one tried the latest Debian or
Fedora to see if it works out of the box.

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