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Simon Robert wrote: > > Tom Potts wrote: >> On Wednesday 25 July 2007 18:08, Jonathan Roberts wrote: >> >>> Something like this? >>> >>> http://www.amazon.co.uk/Hauppauge-WinTV-NOVA-T-500-Digital-Freeview/dp/B000 >>> I1RHWA >>> >> Seems to think its windows only - and probably cheaper to buy two of the >> cheaper ones too! And the first review suggest the mpegs it records dont play >> on anything anyway! >> >> Tom te tom te tom >> >>> Jon >>> >> these cards are well supported under linux, many distros will recognise and setup >> when the distro is installed, or if you check the boxes for tv card >> kernel modules and recompile. Well, sort of. There are two different versions of the card, at least in the UK. The WinTV Nova-T 500 has a single aerial input and two tuners with an on- board USB interface. The WinTV Nova-TD 500 (aka "Diversity") has two aerial inputs (though it is possible to use one and split it) and two tuners with some bespoke DiBcom PCI interface. The former is supported, though only in very recent kernels/releases of the DVB drivers and afaik there are problems with the drivers shipped in all current distributions. There are no plans to support the latter as allegedly it was never supposed to be released. Guess who has been sent the latter having thought he'd purchased the former (the pictures on the website were of the former) and is now trying to get a replacement that will work? James -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html