[mythtvnz] DVB-T PCI Card for linux?

[Nick Rout]

On Thu, Feb 7, 2013 at 3:20 PM, Curtis Walker <sultanoswing at gmail.com>wrote:

> 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.
>
>
On ubuntu many of the allegedly unpackaged/unincluded firmwares are in fact
in linux-firmware-nonfree, which is unfortunately  not bundled even in
mythbuntu.


> I'm not aware of other brands that are readily available in NZ.
>


Not PCI but I favour the hdhomerun available from nicegear.co.nz. Not as
cheap as a PCI card, but you won't be sorry you got one. (I have 2)







>
> Good luck!
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