From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from smtp128.rog.mail.re2.yahoo.com ([206.190.53.33]:21970 "HELO smtp128.rog.mail.re2.yahoo.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1750815AbZIIElq (ORCPT ); Wed, 9 Sep 2009 00:41:46 -0400 Message-ID: <4AA7320B.5040502@rogers.com> Date: Wed, 09 Sep 2009 00:41:47 -0400 From: CityK MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Ben Swartzlander CC: rray_1@comcast.net, video4linux-list@redhat.com, Linux-media Subject: Re: NTSC/ATSC device recommendation References: <4AA69AC6.8020103@swartzlander.org> In-Reply-To: <4AA69AC6.8020103@swartzlander.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-media-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: 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).