[gentoo-user] Video capture card recommendations

[gentoo-user] Video capture card recommendations

[Budd, Tracy]

I just need a bare-bones card to make backups of my VCR tapes and DVDs.
Not even interested in a TV-tuner though I guess they all include that.
Gentoo support is a must.
TIA
-tracy

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Re: [gentoo-user] Video capture card recommendations

[Bryce Verdier]

I have 2 Hauppauge PVR-250's in a mythtv box.... And i couldn't be 
happier with the cards. the IVTV driver is in portage, and works great. 
And i've owned for of those 250's for over 2 years now.

bryce


Budd, Tracy wrote:

>I just need a bare-bones card to make backups of my VCR tapes and DVDs.
>Not even interested in a TV-tuner though I guess they all include that.
>Gentoo support is a must.
>TIA
>-tracy
>
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Re: [gentoo-user] Video capture card recommendations

[Bob Sanders]

On Mon, 28 Nov 2005 10:32:11 -0500
"Budd, Tracy" <Tracy.Budd@solers.com> wrote:

> I just need a bare-bones card to make backups of my VCR tapes and DVDs.
> Not even interested in a TV-tuner though I guess they all include that.
> Gentoo support is a must.

I have both a PVR-350 Hauppauge  and an HD-3000 from pcHDTV.  Of the
two, I find the HD-3000 easier to use, and less expensive than the PVR-350.

Bob
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Re: [gentoo-user] Video capture card recommendations

[James Ausmus]

On 11/28/05, Budd, Tracy <Tracy.Budd@solers.com> wrote:
> I just need a bare-bones card to make backups of my VCR tapes and DVDs.
> Not even interested in a TV-tuner though I guess they all include that.
> Gentoo support is a must.

I've had great luck with the Hauppauge PVR-150 - ~$100. I'm running
Gentoo, MythTV, etc, no problems at all. It does hardwaree MPEG2
compression, so it doesn't even bother your CPU - my MythTV back-end
server is a Celeron 500MHz

-James

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Re: [gentoo-user] Video capture card recommendations

[michael]

There's an article in this month's Linux Journal about MythTV, and they
mention the Hauppauge PVR-150. They also mention Gentoo as the best
distribution for MythTV!

M


On Tue, 29 Nov 2005, James Ausmus wrote:

> On 11/28/05, Budd, Tracy <Tracy.Budd@solers.com> wrote:
>> I just need a bare-bones card to make backups of my VCR tapes and DVDs.
>> Not even interested in a TV-tuner though I guess they all include that.
>> Gentoo support is a must.
>
> I've had great luck with the Hauppauge PVR-150 - ~$100. I'm running
> Gentoo, MythTV, etc, no problems at all. It does hardwaree MPEG2
> compression, so it doesn't even bother your CPU - my MythTV back-end
> server is a Celeron 500MHz
>
> -James
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[gentoo-user] Re: Video capture card recommendations

[James]

Bob Sanders <rmsand <at> concentric.net> writes:


> I have both a PVR-350 Hauppauge  and an HD-3000 from pcHDTV.  Of the
> two, I find the HD-3000 easier to use, and less expensive than the PVR-350.


Are you receiving and correctly displaying HDTV broadcast over the air
with these cards? If so, Which one do you like better for HDTV reception?
We're moving to all HDTV broadcast in my area of Florida in early 2006...

Do you have a wireless (infrared) remote controller working with either card,
for channel surfing HDTV? 
Any Recommendations on a remote controller with this sort of setup?


James

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Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Video capture card recommendations

[Bob Sanders]

On Thu, 1 Dec 2005 11:50:24 +0000 (UTC)
James <wireless@tampabay.rr.com> wrote:


> Are you receiving and correctly displaying HDTV broadcast over the air
> with these cards? If so, Which one do you like better for HDTV reception?
> We're moving to all HDTV broadcast in my area of Florida in early 2006...
> 

No,  I'm not doing any off-the-air.  Just S-VHS in.  Also, the Hauppauge card
is Std Def only, or more exactly - MPEG2.  Over the air broadcast, and most cable
and sat.  broadcasts are not of interest to me - the content tends to suck.
 
> Do you have a wireless (infrared) remote controller working with either card,
> for channel surfing HDTV? 

I played with the remote that came with the Hauppauge, but never got it working.
As I'm close to the screen, the remote doesn't really do more than get lost.  So
as lirc has improved, I never made much effort.

> Any Recommendations on a remote controller with this sort of setup?
> 

I've read that Ati's remote works well.  But mostly it seems that how much effort
you're willing to put into the details is the main issue on remotes.

Bob
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