[Gllug] TV tuner cards

[kerneljack]

On Jan 4, 2008 6:25 PM, John Winters <john at sinodun.org.uk> wrote:
> Martin A. Brooks wrote:
> [snip]
> > I took a long hard look at the all the options for a reasonable PVR
> > system and ended up buying one of these:
> >
> > http://www.humaxdigital.com/uk/products/pvr-9200tbx.asp
> >
> > No network is a tiny pest, but more than made up for by everything Just
> > Working[tm].
>
> Two questions about this device:
>
> 1) Can you put it into standby mode when recordings are scheduled?  My
> mother-in-law has an insane unit which insists that it must be left on
> if you want it to actually record anything.  It seems obvious to me that
> it should go into some sort of low-power mode and then wake up when
> required.
>
> 2) How much power does it use when not in use?
>
> TIA,
> John
>
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I've been using a Nova-T 500 dual-tuner PCI card (one of the early
ones by coincidence) since last March. It is a dual tuner card that
does work in Linux. As pointed out above, though, newer versions of
this card might not work.

The only problem I have had with it in Linux was with the Hauppage
remote (lircd kept crashing randomly). I have been using it with Vista
Media Center so far, but have kept a second partition on standby and
keep trying Linux every few months. 2-3 months ago the remote was the
only problem. I will try again in a few days.

I found this guide to be very useful:
http://parker1.co.uk/mythtv_ubuntu.php

He has good step-by-step instructions for how to get things working in
Ubuntu Feisty, including the firmware blob bit.
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