[olug] Hauppauge TV card recommendations

[DYNATRON tech]

i have a 2X1TB (250x4 each) media servers sharing on samba. it pushes to the
4 modded xboxes scattered throughout my house. i tried to install a
hauppauge card, but can not find any software that works well with it. i've
mostly just tried messing aroung with the hauppauge software on the website,
but none of it works with my custom build of windows or my linux. i dual
boot with LILO (i think it's LILO), so either OS is fine with me as long as
it works.

i love my setup, but i need local programming to be available, so i'd like
to know what you guys recommend. can i have mythTV just drop it's captures
into my samba shares? will it give the recordings proper file names? i know
that XBMC supports MythTV, but i like the permissions control i get with
SaMBa. i am also wondering if the content being on two seperate servers will
pose a challenge for myth.

thanks for reading!


On 4/19/08, James Ringler <jringler at neinfosec.com> wrote:
>
> The key is the original poster doesn't have cable.   So he's just trying
> for the OTA channels.
>
>
> Noel Leistad wrote:
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> > James Ringler wrote:
> > | Craig Wolf wrote:
> > |> According to my wife, our DVR saved our marriage.  8)
> > |>
> > |> Craig Wolf
> > |
> > | With all of the transition to HD in a short time coupled with the
> hassle
> > | of controlling a converting box, it would make sense to me to just pay
> a
> > | little more for the HD cards..
> > |
> > | My Mythbackend has 2 -  150's  and a PCHD3000. I don't have an HD TV
> but
> > | I wanted to get the OTA channels not on Time Warner Cable.  The new
> > | 5500's are out and are a little cheaper.  If I were building one now,
> > | I'd go straight to the hd cards.
> >
> > Wolf, glad for the "save"!! :-) No commercials, no missed shows
> > appreciated at my house too, however, using KB for remote NOT so good.
> >
> > Cable systems send signals as QAM, Over-the-Air is ATSC.
> > PCHD5500 understands QAM, HDHomerun gets ATSC, FWIW, the digital
> > converter boxes only get ATSC, then can down-convert to a 4:3 aspect for
> > an SDTV.
> >
> >
> > Believe that the issue still remains as to whether COX will send signals
> > in the clear. If YES, the the PCHD5500 should be fine. There are
> > probably many more, haven't researched....
> >
> > I THINK that the "required" channels, those corresponding with the OTA
> > signals SHOULD remain "clear QAM", premium channels are encrypted, the
> > question remains HOW will the other non-premium be sent??
> >
> > IF the cable company encrypts something you will NEED, then I believe
> > the only option ends up being a cablecard (available only from your
> > cable provider, because THEY know the encryption keys and can authorize
> > the card). (Bet they'll be pushing their OWN DVR really hard before THAT
> > happens.)
> >
> > AND, unlike the old satellite dishes where you could "share keys", I
> > also understand that the cablecard needs to receive continuous signal
> > from cableco to function...
> >
> >
> > <cya>
> > BTW, I never had a dish, but knew those that did...
> > </cya>
> >
> > Noel
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