MythTV hardware list

phiscock-g851W1bGYuGnS0EtXVNi6w at public.gmane.org phiscock-g851W1bGYuGnS0EtXVNi6w at public.gmane.org
Sun Sep 8 15:41:51 UTC 2013


I found this a good place to start:

http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/User_Manual:Setting_Up#Connecting_your_display

Peter

> | From: William Muriithi <william.muriithi-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org>
>
> | > So: what is your signal source?
> | Over the air.  Would be too expensive to subscribe for TV service while
> I
> | only watch two shows.
>
> So: check if you have a good enough signal source: try watching the
> channel you care about (CFTO, I assume).  If you don't, then solve
> that problem before moving on to investing time and money into a Myth
> setup.
>
> There are a bajilion options for OTA hardware for MythTV.  Go look on
> their wiki, I guess.  (I could google for it, but so can you.)
>
> - The Silicon Dust HD Homerun is supported and kind of cute: captures
>   OTA ATSC, two channels, and puts it on your LAN.
>
> - the Hauppauge WinTV-HVR-950q USB dongle will capture one ATSC
>   signal.  THere are rumours of some problems but I don't really know
>   the status.
>
> - various Hauppauge PCI cards (but not all) do the job.  I would guess
>   that they now have PCIe cards too, but I haven't looked.
>
> XBMC may or may not support a similar collection of tuners.
>
> | I like setting things package by package sometimes as I assume I will
> learn
> | a lot that way.  So may give above a try after I am done tinkering
>
> I found MythTV powerful and confusing but very useful.  Your simple
> application suggests to me that you should try a simple solution.
>
> | Over the air, too cheap to take Rogers service
>
> I wish I could.  I detest Rogers and Bell.  But I live in a valley
> with no OTA signal.
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