WinTV PVR-150 is an analog PVR card. Stan was asking for a Digital terrestrial card. Analog is going to die soon, and its frequencies are planned to be reused for more digital channels. In fact, the last official date for Analog turn-off is 2-2-2011 (yes, 10 days from now!)
Udi On Sun, Jan 23, 2011 at 4:30 PM, Shachar Shemesh <shac...@shemesh.biz>wrote: > On 23/01/11 16:04, Stan Goodman wrote: > >> I am considering installing a TV card in my desktop machine, to enable me >> to view programming of terrestrial digital TV stations. I would be >> grateful for any remarks from users of such cards about reliability, ease >> of installation, ease of use, availability of drivers, and other pertinent >> characteristics. I would be interested in viewing video both on the >> monitor, monitor in a partial screen, and sometimes through an existing >> external analog TV receiver. >> >> Ability to record video is a secondary consideration for me, as far as I >> can now predict. >> >> > > If the ability to record is secondary, I'd go with the simplest cards. I > have a Hauppauge WinTV PVR-150 card, which is excellent for recording (I was > actually too lazy to set up a full DVR - we record using a glorified "cat > /dev/video0 > show.mpg"), but it is much more difficult to watch live TV > with it (couldn't get it to work, even though, in theory, /dev/video24 > should work just like with the dumb card). > > Be aware that if you use the card's build in encoder, you suffer a > mandatory 1-2 seconds delay. Trying to watch the stream sooner than that, > and you might reach a point where the output compresses so well that the > card's encoder decides to keep it inside until it has enough data, and your > player will reach the end of file and terminate. This means that even if > your card is an encoding card, you will want to use the non-encoded output > for watching live TV. > > Shachar > > -- > Shachar Shemesh > Lingnu Open Source Consulting Ltd. > http://www.lingnu.com > > > _______________________________________________ > Linux-il mailing list > Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il > http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il >
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