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acematti:
Hi Im loving using LinuxMCE its great.

I would like to know now which TV card to get, I would like one that receives DVB-T (UK Freeview i think). Im looking at the Hauppage Series as they seem pretty well supported. Any ideas?

I have a usb freecom one lying around but im not sure if this would work I cant see any success anywhere.

I would like to know if i will need to re-format the computer and re-install everything to get it working or can it be added after. Im hoping so but im not sure how to go about it on my system which I have been using for a couple of weeks and loving.

Thanks in advance.


Matt

sharlee_angelo:
hauppauge are very well supported, as well as many others.

Mike_Izisys:
Hi,

I haven't installed Linux MCE yet as I'm waiting for 1.1 release.  I just want to check my video cards look okay though.  I have 2 WinTV-NOVA-T DVB-T 90003 LF (Rev C2B0).  I am happy to got out and get better ones if I need to, once I have played around with a working system.  Here is some info:

dmesg:

[   14.384000] CORE cx88[0]: subsystem: 0070:9002, board: Hauppauge Nova-T DVB-T [card=18,autodetected]
[   14.384000] TV tuner 4 at 0x1fe, Radio tuner -1 at 0x1fe

[   14.540000] tveeprom 2-0050: Hauppauge model 90003, rev C2B0, serial# 784873
[   14.540000] tveeprom 2-0050: MAC address is 00-0D-FE-0B-F9-E9
[   14.540000] tveeprom 2-0050: tuner model is Thompson DTT75105 (idx 110, type 4)
[   14.540000] tveeprom 2-0050: TV standards ATSC/DVB Digital (eeprom 0x80)
[   14.540000] tveeprom 2-0050: audio processor is None (idx 0)
[   14.540000] tveeprom 2-0050: decoder processor is CX882 (idx 25)
[   14.540000] tveeprom 2-0050: has no radio, has IR receiver, has no IR transmitter
[   14.540000] cx88[0]: hauppauge eeprom: model=90003
[   14.540000] input: cx88 IR (Hauppauge Nova-T DVB-T as /class/input/input4
[   14.540000] cx88[0]/0: found at 0000:01:07.0, rev: 5, irq: 21, latency: 20, mmio: 0xfa000000
[   14.540000] cx88[0]/0: registered device video0 [v4l2]
[   14.540000] cx88[0]/0: registered device vbi0
[   14.540000] cx88[0]/2: cx2388x 8802 Driver Manager

I tried to install Klear and Kaffine to see if they worked, but it didn't seem to, but I am a Linux novice.

Thanks
Mike (London, UK)

sharlee_angelo:
it seems that your card was recognized. try to watch tv with kdetv or tvtime.

Mike_Izisys:
I just tried tvtime.  It didn't work.  I think it recognises the card but it isn't working properly.  Surely Ubuntu has the latest driver?  Is there a beginner’s guide to updating drivers anywhere?

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