<div dir="ltr">WinTV PVR-150 is an analog PVR card.<br>Stan was asking for a Digital terrestrial card.<br>Analog is going to die soon, and its frequencies are planned to be reused for more digital channels.<br>In fact, the last official date for Analog turn-off is 2-2-2011 (yes, 10 days from now!)<br>
<br>Udi<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Jan 23, 2011 at 4:30 PM, Shachar Shemesh <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:shachar@shemesh.biz">shachar@shemesh.biz</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
On 23/01/11 16:04, Stan Goodman wrote:<br>
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I am considering installing a TV card in my desktop machine, to enable me<br>
to view programming of terrestrial digital TV stations. I would be<br>
grateful for any remarks from users of such cards about reliability, ease<br>
of installation, ease of use, availability of drivers, and other pertinent<br>
characteristics. I would be interested in viewing video both on the<br>
monitor, monitor in a partial screen, and sometimes through an existing<br>
external analog TV receiver.<br>
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Ability to record video is a secondary consideration for me, as far as I<br>
can now predict.<br>
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If the ability to record is secondary, I'd go with the simplest cards. I have a Hauppauge WinTV PVR-150 card, which is excellent for recording (I was actually too lazy to set up a full DVR - we record using a glorified "cat /dev/video0 > show.mpg"), but it is much more difficult to watch live TV with it (couldn't get it to work, even though, in theory, /dev/video24 should work just like with the dumb card).<br>
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Be aware that if you use the card's build in encoder, you suffer a mandatory 1-2 seconds delay. Trying to watch the stream sooner than that, and you might reach a point where the output compresses so well that the card's encoder decides to keep it inside until it has enough data, and your player will reach the end of file and terminate. This means that even if your card is an encoding card, you will want to use the non-encoded output for watching live TV.<br>
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Shachar<br>
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Shachar Shemesh<br>
Lingnu Open Source Consulting Ltd.<br>
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