Re: Linux USB tv tuner

Krzemin wrote:
On Sun, 16 Dec 2007 06:53:39 +0100, Chris Cox <notccox@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:


I use a Hauppauge WinTV PVR USB 2
Works fine.. does PAL.... output is
mpeg2. Most recent distros will have
the driver. All config is easy to do
via values to sysfs.

Haven't tried to make the IR remote work.
Stable.

It's also a general grabber, so you can
also convert from composite and svideo
in addition to using its tuner.

http://www.hauppauge.com/html/wintvpvrusb2_data***.htm


Thanks for reply.
You have said this card has mpeg2 output. I don't really need hardware
mpeg2 support. Will it be supported by such tv software as xdtv, kdetv,
tvtime or something else with nice gui and easy channel control? I'm
afraid not, but I'm not certain.
I rather need something with working vbi device and good support for
tuning channels.

Not sure about software support. The hardware mpeg2 is intersesting
since it makes for easy pvr usage (regardless of a pre-canned sw app).
You can just set up a fifo file, redirect /dev/video to it, and then
you can move forward and backwards on the file.

TV guides... have not idea. So many now are subscription only ($$$).

I haven't looked into fancy gui frontends... my point is that it
has to be the EASIEST device to integrate into one... but that doesn't
mean that somebody has actually done the (trivial) work to do so.
.

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