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From: CityK <cityk@rogers.com>
To: Ben Swartzlander <ben@swartzlander.org>
Cc: rray_1@comcast.net, video4linux-list@redhat.com,
	Linux-media <linux-media@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: NTSC/ATSC device recommendation
Date: Wed, 09 Sep 2009 00:41:47 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4AA7320B.5040502@rogers.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4AA69AC6.8020103@swartzlander.org>

Ben Swartzlander wrote:
> rray_1@comcast.net wrote:
>> I would like to purchase a NTSC/ATSC device that is functional under
>> Linux
>> MY only requirement is receiving FTA broadcast
>> Would y'all recommend a USB device or better to stick with a pci device
>> I have followed this list and have only become more confused
>>
>> Thanks
>> Richard
>
> I have 2 Hauppauge WinTV-HVR-850 USB sticks in my MythTV box (Ubuntu
> 8.04). USB is preferable to PCI for all kinds of reasons. I bought
> mine here:
> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16815116031
>
> Note that if you go with this device, you'll need to manually add the
> firmware to your /lib/firmware directory. You can get the firmware
> here: http://www.steventoth.net/linux/xc5000/
>
> There are plenty of other supported devices though. When I was doing
> my research, this page was an extremely useful resource for Linux ATSC
> hardware: http://www.linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/ATSC_Devices

That last comment made me happy to know.

Anyway, please note that this mailing list is pretty much deprecated in
favour of the LMML (which I've cc'ed in this reply).


  parent reply	other threads:[~2009-09-09  4:41 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2009-09-08 17:45 NTSC/ATSC device recommendation rray_1
2009-09-08 17:48 ` Devin Heitmueller
2009-09-08 17:56 ` Ben Swartzlander
2009-09-08 18:22   ` Devin Heitmueller
2009-09-08 18:29     ` rray_1
2009-09-08 23:22       ` Andy Walls
2009-09-09  4:41   ` CityK [this message]
2009-09-08 18:28 ` Gene Heskett
2009-09-08 18:38   ` Devin Heitmueller

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