Linux TV

[Ted]

i use the hauppy hdpvr
  on debian (linux DE mint).

it is nice because the DRM doesn't extend to analogue component, and it 
takes the analogue component out and 1080i or 720p captures it.
Now you lose a bit in that you have gone from dig->ana->dig, but its 
still pretty good. On a BR source its hard to tell difference because its so
clear to begin with.
Only issue is you have to futz with the "IR mouse" to have the hdpvr 
control the STB (i havn't done this, just to manual sync).
Main issue is it ignores the DRM which is nice.

a company online was selling a dvi to component converter for about 100$ 
to allow use with dvi out only devices, but they don't seem to be
selling it anymore. Fortunately most cable PVR (if not all) still have 
comp out.

-tl

On 02/03/2012 12:09 PM, D. Hugh Redelmeier wrote:
> | From: Colin McGregor<colin.mc151-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org>
>
> | On Fri, Feb 3, 2012 at 10:18 AM, Russell Reiter<rreiter91-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org>  wrote:
>
> |>  Just installed Fedora 16 for a friend and they want to try a digital tv tuner.
>
> As Colin points out, digital TV tuners are ONLY useful in Canada with
> an antena.  Digital signals from cable companies in Canada are all
> encrypted in a way that forces you to use a cable-company settop box.
> Bell signals are actually worse in theory (only one channel's signal
> gets to you), but that isn't any worse in practice.
>
> If you are forced to use a STB, you can only capture the analogue
> output.  And your card doesn't get to tune -- the STB does.  For
> capturing you can use one of a bunch of cards.  Common wisdom is that
> you want ones that do hardware MPEG encoding to cut down the load on
> the computer; this may not matter now because CPUs have gotten more
> powerful in the last 10 years.
>
> Hauppauge even makes a box that can capture component video, an
> analogue HD output available from some STBs.
>    <http://www.hauppauge.com/site/products/data_hdpvr.html>  Sometimes
> NCIX or Dell has these on sale at a noticeable discount.  There is
> also a PCIe version of this called the Colossus.  I don't even know if
> it works under Linux.
>    <http://www.hauppauge.com/site/products/data_colossus.html>
>
> So: for more focussed advice, you should tell us where the TV signal
> is coming from.  And where it might come from in the future, if that is
> likely to be different.
>
> Note that there is a MythGTA mailing list.  It is described at the
> bottom of<http://gtalug.org/wiki/Mailing_lists>
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