[PLUG] TV tuner card experiences/recommendations?

[Sean Whitney]

Is this a slingbox?  Can I watch TV over a wan connection?


Sean

Wil Cooley wrote:
> On Thu, 2007-09-13 at 10:15 -0700, Wil Cooley wrote:
>
>   
>> So, things to look out for:
>>  o Good mainline kernel support. It can be hard to determine, really,
>> given the state of V4L2 and IVTV stuff, although I think that has
>> changed in recent kernels.
>>  o ATSC receiver.
>>  o If you want NTSC and don't have a very fast machine, get one that
>> includes an MPEG2 encoder.
>>  o Do you need IR/remote control support?
>>     
>
> In all my long-winded rambling, I neglected to mention that this looks
> like the best bet:
>
> http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Silicondust_HDHomeRun
>
> Here is also more information about video capture cards:
>
> http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Video_capture_card
>
> Wil
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