From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from <gentoo-user+bounces-70221-garchives=archives.gentoo.org@gentoo.org>) id 1IcaJ7-0006iB-H9 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 02 Oct 2007 05:28:33 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.1/8.14.0) with SMTP id l925HUHh027268; Tue, 2 Oct 2007 05:17:30 GMT Received: from smtp2.hushmail.com (smtp2.hushmail.com [65.39.178.134]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.1/8.14.0) with ESMTP id l9258KAH014456 for <gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org>; Tue, 2 Oct 2007 05:08:21 GMT Received: from smtp2.hushmail.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp2.hushmail.com (Postfix) with SMTP id 7B2E717029 for <gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org>; Tue, 2 Oct 2007 05:08:19 +0000 (UTC) Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2007 00:06:26 -0500 From: forgottenwizard <phrexianreaper@hushmail.com> To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Help finding a tv tuner card's chipset Message-ID: <20071002050626.GA17434@localhost> Mail-Followup-To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org References: <20070927085918.250517dc@zaphod.digimed.co.uk> <20070927172406.d44dbd2e.hilse@web.de> <642958cc0709280559t1e0dceabub2668f5f62920a5b@mail.gmail.com> <20070928153138.GD10768@server.may.localdomain> <20070928204352.GA1679@localhost> <20070928233248.GE10768@server.may.localdomain> <20070929082320.GA4299@localhost> <fdlkm6$dl6$1@sea.gmane.org> <20070929201714.GA23614@localhost> <20070930062558.GF10768@server.may.localdomain> Precedence: bulk List-Post: <mailto:gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org> List-Help: <mailto:gentoo-user+help@gentoo.org> List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:gentoo-user+unsubscribe@gentoo.org> List-Subscribe: <mailto:gentoo-user+subscribe@gentoo.org> List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail <gentoo-user.gentoo.org> X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20070930062558.GF10768@server.may.localdomain> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.16 (2007-06-09) X-Archives-Salt: 4ac91502-fb08-4f00-88b9-0255705a9833 X-Archives-Hash: 76c92b21383fe5c0114fbde409e3e6d3 On 23:25 Sat 29 Sep , Patrick May wrote: > On Sat, Sep 29, 2007 at 03:17:14PM -0500, forgottenwizard wrote: > > On 13:41 Sat 29 Sep , Grant Edwards wrote: > > > On 2007-09-29, forgottenwizard <phrexianreaper@hushmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > Since I'm using cable, I figure if I need to, in 17 month I > > > > can get a converter, or afford to buy a better card. > > > > > > If you're using cable, you may not need to. Cable companies > > > are free to continue distributing analog signals as long as > > > they want. > > > > > > -- > > > Grant Edwards grante Yow! I need to discuss > > > at BUY-BACK PROVISIONS > > > visi.com with at least six studio > > > SLEAZEBALLS!! > > > > > > -- > > > gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list > > > > > > > > > > Good to know. Right now I'm down to finding a working app (mplayer only > > seems to work so far, and it doesn't seem to work quite right). > > Grant is correct. The digital switch only applies to OTA (Over the Air). Cable > operators could do whatever they want. > > Not sure why the PVR-150 isn't just working out of the box for you. I know > there were some complaints about Hauppauge quietly putting another device in > the box. And that's because of the switch over. As of March 1, 2007 > manufacturers had to include a digital tuner if they included an analog tuner. > This included computer interface cards as well. I believe the new Hauppauge is > a PVR-1600 with dual tuner (NTSC & ATSC). > > Good luck. > > Patrick It seems to work. Using at and cat, I can record TV shows (needs a bit of work to make sure everything is scripted right, but I'm working on that). That along with mplayer target_file.mpg, I can watch and record at the same time, and mplayer /dev/video0 works for straight TV. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list