[linux-dvb] Re: Recommended DVB-T card for UK use please

2003-04-03 Thread Gavin Hamill
On Sat, Mar 29, 2003 at 08:36:02AM -, Edward Wildgoose wrote: > > You /can/ get DVB-T cards featuring an on-board MPEG decoder, but they > > are /expensive/ - Hauppauge in the UK quoted me $329 (dollars since it's > > an import item) not including postage... > > Interesting. The TT-DVB card i

[linux-dvb] Re: Recommended DVB-T card for UK use please

2003-04-02 Thread Edward Wildgoose
> You /can/ get DVB-T cards featuring an on-board MPEG decoder, but they > are /expensive/ - Hauppauge in the UK quoted me $329 (dollars since it's > an import item) not including postage... Interesting. The TT-DVB card is 329 Euro's from dvbshop. If I could go directly to Hauppauge in the UK wo

[linux-dvb] Re: Recommended DVB-T card for UK use please

2003-03-31 Thread Guy Thouret
>= Original Message From "Edward Wildgoose" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> = >> > You're on the right track :) The full-feature (onboard MPEG decoder) do >> > provide a V4L /dev/video0 interface, whilst the Nova-T and other budget >> > cards do not (they are just tuners with a COFDM decoder and spew o

[linux-dvb] Re: Recommended DVB-T card for UK use please

2003-03-30 Thread Gavin Hamill
On Sat, Mar 29, 2003 at 08:31:40AM -, Edward Wildgoose wrote: > So just to be sure about this. If I get the full and extremely expensive > non-budget card (in particular the TT-DVB-T card), then I will get a V4L > interface that I could plug xawtv into without any bother? Yes. > And pres

[linux-dvb] Re: Recommended DVB-T card for UK use please

2003-03-30 Thread Edward Wildgoose
> > You're on the right track :) The full-feature (onboard MPEG decoder) do > > provide a V4L /dev/video0 interface, whilst the Nova-T and other budget > > cards do not (they are just tuners with a COFDM decoder and spew out a > > raw MPEG Transport Stream). > > > You can also use the Nova-t with a

[linux-dvb] Re: Recommended DVB-T card for UK use please

2003-03-28 Thread Matthew Walton
On Fri, 2003-03-28 at 10:22, Andy Carter wrote: > You can also use the Nova-t with a software decoder such as mplayer. I had it > running for several months like this with excellent results. > Record/playback/timeshift are all possible on this setup, but it's not nearly > as elegant as vdr. It

[linux-dvb] Re: Recommended DVB-T card for UK use please

2003-03-28 Thread Andy Carter
On Friday 28 March 2003 10:05 am, Gavin Hamill wrote: > On Fri, Mar 28, 2003 at 09:42:56AM -, Edward Wildgoose wrote: [snip] > > Can I also try and glean a little other info which isn't immediately > > obvious without having a card to play with: Do the drivers offer a V4L > > interface to the

[linux-dvb] Re: Recommended DVB-T card for UK use please

2003-03-28 Thread Andy Coates
> I came across this technotrends card which seems to be a "full" DVB-T > card? The links are suggestive that it might be the same thing as a > Haupage Nexus DVB-S card? Does this mean that I can simply get a > DVB-S card instead and plug it into a coax cable running to a roof > top antenna?!

[linux-dvb] Re: Recommended DVB-T card for UK use please

2003-03-28 Thread Gavin Hamill
On Fri, Mar 28, 2003 at 09:42:56AM -, Edward Wildgoose wrote: > Hi, I am interested in getting started with VDR, but need a > recommendation for a DVB-T card. (By far the cheapest method seems to > be "Freeview" and so I appear to need a DVB-T card? I presume that > DVD-S cards don't work?)

[linux-dvb] Re: Recommended DVB-T card for UK use please

2003-03-28 Thread Edward Wildgoose
I came across this technotrends card which seems to be a "full" DVB-T card? The links are suggestive that it might be the same thing as a Haupage Nexus DVB-S card? Does this mean that I can simply get a DVB-S card instead and plug it into a coax cable running to a roof top antenna?! (Surely i