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Started by Peter D.
Sun, 01 Nov 2009 07:16
dvb-t tuner recommendations?
Author: Peter D.
Date: Sun, 01 Nov 2009 07:16
Date: Sun, 01 Nov 2009 07:16
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Hi, Is anyone able to suggest a dvb-t tuner to use under Linux in Australia? Wish list items include; available in Aus., PCIe preferred, PCI is OK, dual tuner preferred, but not necessary, remote control desirable, but not necessary, analogue is not necessary. A more sensitive tuner is preferred, not that it is easy to tell the difference. Is there anything else? Does any hardware support DAB+? LinuxTV.org lists "DViCO FusionHDTV DVB-T Dual Express" and "Leadtek WinFast PxDVR3200 H" under experimental support. Any idea what does not work (yet)? -- Peter D. Sig goes here...
Re: dvb-t tuner recommendations?
Author: James C
Date: Sun, 01 Nov 2009 09:41
Date: Sun, 01 Nov 2009 09:41
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Peter D. wrote: > Hi, > > Is anyone able to suggest a dvb-t tuner to use under Linux in Australia? > > Wish list items include; > > available in Aus., > PCIe preferred, PCI is OK, > dual tuner preferred, but not necessary, > remote control desirable, but not necessary, > analogue is not necessary. > > A more sensitive tuner is preferred, not that it is easy to > tell the difference. > > Is there anything else? Not all hardware will provide program info/guides and/or subtitles/captioning. I don't know much about what's available, but I was disappointed that the Hauppauge PCI tuner in my Dell Vista box didn't provide these, when the cheap set top box for the old TV did.
Re: dvb-t tuner recommendations?
Author: Peter D.
Date: Sun, 01 Nov 2009 10:17
Date: Sun, 01 Nov 2009 10:17
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on Sun, 1 Nov 2009 08:41 pm in the Usenet newsgroup aus.computers.linux James C wrote: > Peter D. wrote: >> Hi, >> >> Is anyone able to suggest a dvb-t tuner to use under Linux in Australia? >> >> Wish list items include; >> >> available in Aus., >> PCIe preferred, PCI is OK, >> dual tuner preferred, but not necessary, >> remote control desirable, but not necessary, >> analogue is not necessary. >> >> A more sensitive tuner is preferred, not that it is easy to >> tell the difference. >> >> Is there anything else? > > Not all hardware will provide program info/guides and/or > subtitles/captioning. I don't know much about what's available, but I > was disappointed that the Hauppauge PCI tuner in my Dell Vista box > didn't provide these, when the cheap set top box for the old TV did. Is that a hardware limitation? Hauppauge seem to be generally well supported. I was ignoring them because the local shops don't seem to sell them. -- Peter D. Sig goes here...
Re: dvb-t tuner recommendations?
Author: David Segall
Date: Sun, 01 Nov 2009 10:57
Date: Sun, 01 Nov 2009 10:57
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"Peter D." <p13@g-node.com.au> wrote: >Hi, > >Is anyone able to suggest a dvb-t tuner to use under Linux in Australia? > >Wish list items include; > >available in Aus., >PCIe preferred, PCI is OK, >dual tuner preferred, but not necessary, >remote control desirable, but not necessary, >analogue is not necessary. > >A more sensitive tuner is preferred, not that it is easy to >tell the difference. > >Is there anything else? > >Does any hardware support DAB+? > >LinuxTV.org lists "DViCO FusionHDTV DVB-T Dual Express" and >"Leadtek WinFast PxDVR3200 H" under experimental support. >Any idea what does not work (yet)? I have an old DViCO Fusion and an old Leadtek PCI card. Both worked out of the box with MythDora and Mythbuntu. There is no discernable difference in reception between the two. The author of the DViCO drivers, Chris Pascoe, is at UQ <http://www.itee.uq.edu.au/~chrisp/Linux-DVB/DVICO/> and is very helpful. He borrowed my nephew's card and returned it a couple of weeks later with a driver! The referenced web page illustrates the hazard of buying any new tuner. The manufacturers change the chip set without changing the model number of the card.
Re: dvb-t tuner recommendations?
Author: terryc
Date: Sun, 01 Nov 2009 11:08
Date: Sun, 01 Nov 2009 11:08
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On Sun, 01 Nov 2009 21:17:00 +1100, Peter D. wrote: > Is that a hardware limitation? Hauppauge seem to be generally well > supported. I was ignoring them because the local shops don't seem to > sell them. All my local shops sell is crap for WinXP AFAI, Haupage is all that works under Linux. No one ha popped up and listed another commonly available card yet.
Re: dvb-t tuner recommendations?
Author: Peter D.
Date: Sun, 01 Nov 2009 12:05
Date: Sun, 01 Nov 2009 12:05
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on Sun, 1 Nov 2009 09:57 pm in the Usenet newsgroup aus.computers.linux David Segall wrote: > "Peter D." <p13@g-node.com.au> wrote: > >>Hi, >> >>Is anyone able to suggest a dvb-t tuner to use under Linux in Australia? >> >>Wish list items include; >> >>available in Aus., >>PCIe preferred, PCI is OK, >>dual tuner preferred, but not necessary, >>remote control desirable, but not necessary, >>analogue is not necessary. >> >>A more sensitive tuner is preferred, not that it is easy to >>tell the difference. >> >>Is there anything else? >> >>Does any hardware support DAB+? >> >>LinuxTV.org lists "DViCO FusionHDTV DVB-T Dual Express" and >>"Leadtek WinFast PxDVR3200 H" under experimental support. >>Any idea what does not work (yet)? > > I have an old DViCO Fusion and an old Leadtek PCI card. Both worked > out of the box with MythDora and Mythbuntu. There is no discernable > difference in reception between the two. The author of the DViCO > drivers, Chris Pascoe, is at UQ > <http://www.itee.uq.edu.au/~chrisp/Linux-DVB/DVICO/> and is very > helpful. He borrowed my nephew's card and returned it a couple of > weeks later with a driver! The referenced web page illustrates the > hazard of buying any new tuner. The manufacturers change the chip set > without changing the model number of the card. Yes. It is insanely confusing. What does the "4" stand for in the dual digital 4? -- Peter D. Sig goes here...
Re: dvb-t tuner recommendations?
Author: Peter D.
Date: Sun, 01 Nov 2009 23:29
Date: Sun, 01 Nov 2009 23:29
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on Sun, 1 Nov 2009 11:21 pm in the Usenet newsgroup aus.computers.linux Blue Heeler wrote: > terryc wrote: > >> On Sun, 01 Nov 2009 21:17:00 +1100, Peter D. wrote: >> >> > Is that a hardware limitation? Hauppauge seem to be generally well >> > supported. I was ignoring them because the local shops don't seem >> > to sell them. >> >> All my local shops sell is crap for WinXP >> AFAI, Haupage is all that works under Linux. No one ha popped up and >> listed another commonly available card yet. > > A left field suggestion would be a Silicon Dust HdHomeRun. > > A dual tuner device with an ethernet backend. Any computer connected to > your LAN can access the device and it is well supported under Myth. I didn't know that that existed. -- Peter D. Sig goes here...
Re: dvb-t tuner recommendations?
Author: terryc
Date: Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:06
Date: Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:06
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On Sun, 01 Nov 2009 15:01:52 +0000, David Segall wrote: >>A left field suggestion would be a Silicon Dust HdHomeRun. > > Not "left field", just expensive > <http://www.hdhomerun.com.au/page8.htm>. Hmm, you could almost buy two in the USA for that price with the way the Aus dollar is heading now. > Prices for two USB tuners start at one fifth the price. Which ones work under Linux? >> >>A dual tuner device with an ethernet backend. Any computer connected to >>your LAN can access the device > > That is true but I am not sure that it is supported under MythTV let > alone other PVR applications. Can multiple backends share a single > Homerun device? Can I connect it directly to the TV? That was what I could not find.
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