On Wednesday 06 September 2006 21:58, Peter Reed wrote: > Nigel Henry wrote: > > On Wednesday 06 September 2006 01:12, Nigel Henry wrote: > >> I spent most of yesterday afternoon googling for info on supported TV > >> tuner cards. From http://www.grosbill.com I found three analog cards > >> within my price range. > >> Card1: > >> Avermedia AVerTV GO 007 plus/fm plus. This card according to the > >> Avermedia site uses the Philips TDA8275 chipset. > >> http://www.linuxtv.org/v4lwiki/index.php/CARDLIST.saa7134 shows a > >> variant of this card, #57 that uses the saa7134 chipset. > >> FC2's /lib/modules/2.6.11-0.3.rdt.rhfc2.ccrma/kernel/drivers/media/video > >> has a directory with drivers for the saa7134, but the only TDA drivers > >> are: tda7432.ko, tda9840.ko, tda9875.ko, and tda9887.ko. > >> > >> Does anyone know if this card is likely to work if it isn't using the > >> exact driver required? > >> > >> Card2: > >> Pinnacle PCTV Analog PCI > >> Can't find any chipset info on this one from Pinnaclesys site. > >> > >> Anyone know if this card is supported? > >> > >> Card3: > >> Terratec Cinergy 250 PCI > >> This uses, according to the Terratec site the Philips saa-7134 chipset, > >> but isn't specifically listed at the link for saa7134 supported cards > >> above. > >> > >> Any one knows if this works ok? > >> > >> Accepting that one of these cards has a suitable driver in the kernel, > >> are there additional packages I need to install in order to play TV on > >> the Linux box with FC2? > >> > >> Thanks in advance. > >> > >> Nigel. > > > > An update. Peter Reed suggested installing Tvtime, so I've done that, and > > have also found another card. An Hauppage Win TV-Express (model755, I > > think). This is an analog card, using an antenna connection, and has the > > Brooktrees Bt878 chipset. it is very cheap at 23.95€, but would > > appreciate any feedback, if anyone has experience of this card. > > > > Nigel. > > It is the same chip set that I have in my ATI card and should work just > fine as mine does. > Peter Thanks for that Peter. I think I'll go ahead and order that card. Did you see that weird stuff after the "23.95" on my post. there was supposed to be a Euro sign there which I got from my KDE's GB keymap using ALT-GR+4, like so. €. I now see the Euro sign on Kmails composer, but it seems to be interpreted differently, when processed through the mailing list. I'll have to write Euro in future. lol. Nigel.
