Re: [Hampshire] Hampshire Digest, Vol 97, Issue 2

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Author: Leo
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Subject: Re: [Hampshire] Hampshire Digest, Vol 97, Issue 2
Not seen those before. Do you have one of them?

Leo

On 03/11/14 21:19, john hughes wrote:
> What about a network tuner? its compatible with anything.
>
> http://www.silicondust.com/
>
> or
>
> http://www.kaiserbaas.com/
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>     Today's Topics:

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>         1. Freeview DVB Tuners (Leo)
>         2. Re: Freeview DVB Tuners (Tim Brocklehurst)
>         3. Re: Freeview DVB Tuners (Keith Edmunds)
>         4. Re: Freeview DVB Tuners (Steve Miller)
>         5. Re: Freeview DVB Tuners (Leo)

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>     Message: 1
>     Date: Sun, 02 Nov 2014 23:23:24 +0000
>     From: Leo <linux@??? <mailto:linux@fractal.me.uk>>
>     To: Hampshire LUG <hampshire@???
>     <mailto:hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk>>
>     Subject: [Hampshire] Freeview DVB Tuners
>     Message-ID: <5456BCEC.7050601@???
>     <mailto:5456BCEC.7050601@fractal.me.uk>>
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>     Can anyone recommend an HD Freeview TV card that works with Linux.
>     Preferably with dual tuners.

>
>     Regards,
>     Leo

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>     Message: 2
>     Date: Sun, 02 Nov 2014 23:56:45 +0000
>     From: Tim Brocklehurst <timb@???
>     <mailto:timb@engineering.selfip.org>>
>     To: Hampshire LUG Discussion List <hampshire@???
>     <mailto:hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk>>
>     Subject: Re: [Hampshire] Freeview DVB Tuners
>     Message-ID: <3708832.b7JgEQT0BE@lifebook>
>     Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"

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>     Only standard def, but I've used an Hauppauge Nova-T 500 Dual DVB-T
>     in the
>     past with good results.

>
>     Hope this helps,

>
>     Tim B.

>
>     On Sunday 02 November 2014 23:23:24 Leo wrote:
>      > Can anyone recommend an HD Freeview TV card that works with Linux.
>      > Preferably with dual tuners.
>      >
>      > Regards,
>      > Leo

>
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>     Hampshire Linux User Group Chairman

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>     Message: 3
>     Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2014 00:13:06 +0000
>     From: Keith Edmunds <kae@??? <mailto:kae@midnighthax.com>>
>     To: hampshire@??? <mailto:hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk>
>     Subject: Re: [Hampshire] Freeview DVB Tuners
>     Message-ID: <20141103001306.14a7d51d@???>
>     Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII

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>     On Sun, 02 Nov 2014 23:23:24 +0000, linux@???
>     <mailto:linux@fractal.me.uk> said:

>
>      > Can anyone recommend an HD Freeview TV card that works with Linux.

>
>     I use a PCTV nanoStick T2 290e (http://stevekerrison.com/290e/).
>     It's USB
>     rather than "a card", but it receives HD Freeview nicely.

>
>      > Preferably with dual tuners.

>
>     The above is a single tuner; however, unless you're doing something
>     unusual, you're unlikely to need a dual tuner. In the UK, all the HD
>     channels are on the same mux, so only one tuner is needed. I'm using the
>     above under MythTV, and can record up to three programs
>     simultaneously on
>     the one tuner (it's only limited to three because that's how I set
>     it up:
>     in theory, it could record more).
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>     Message: 4
>     Date: Mon, 03 Nov 2014 00:38:27 +0000
>     From: Steve Miller <stevem@??? <mailto:stevem@seawasp.com>>
>     To: Hampshire LUG Discussion List <hampshire@???
>     <mailto:hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk>>
>     Subject: Re: [Hampshire] Freeview DVB Tuners
>     Message-ID: <5456CE83.108@??? <mailto:5456CE83.108@seawasp.com>>
>     Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed

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>     -------- Original Message --------
>      > On Sun, 02 Nov 2014 23:23:24 +0000, linux@???
>     <mailto:linux@fractal.me.uk> said:
>      >
>      >> Can anyone recommend an HD Freeview TV card that works with Linux.
>      > I use a PCTV nanoStick T2 290e (http://stevekerrison.com/290e/).
>     It's USB
>      > rather than "a card", but it receives HD Freeview nicely.

>      >
>      >> Preferably with dual tuners.
>      > The above is a single tuner; however, unless you're doing something
>      > unusual, you're unlikely to need a dual tuner. In the UK, all the HD
>      > channels are on the same mux, so only one tuner is needed. I'm
>     using the
>      > above under MythTV, and can record up to three programs
>     simultaneously on
>      > the one tuner (it's only limited to three because that's how I
>     set it up:
>      > in theory, it could record more).
>     I use a TBS620 dual-tuner DVB-T/DVB-T2 PCIe card which does both
>     standard and HD.   Unfortunately the drivers are not included in the
>     main Linux kernel. TBS do release updates to their drivers twice a year
>     or so but  sometimes there is a little messing around needed to get them
>     to compile with very recent kernels.

>
>      > In the UK, all the HD channels are on the same mux, so only one
>     tuner is needed.

>
>     This is not the case any more.  Hannington has two HD MUXes running
>     right now.

>
>     Steve

>
>
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>     Message: 5
>     Date: Mon, 03 Nov 2014 09:29:24 +0000
>     From: Leo <linux@??? <mailto:linux@fractal.me.uk>>
>     To: Hampshire LUG Discussion List <hampshire@???
>     <mailto:hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk>>
>     Subject: Re: [Hampshire] Freeview DVB Tuners
>     Message-ID: <54574AF4.60202@???
>     <mailto:54574AF4.60202@fractal.me.uk>>
>     Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed

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>     On 03/11/14 00:38, Steve Miller wrote:
>      > -------- Original Message --------
>      >> On Sun, 02 Nov 2014 23:23:24 +0000, linux@???
>     <mailto:linux@fractal.me.uk> said:
>      >>
>      >>> Can anyone recommend an HD Freeview TV card that works with Linux.
>      >> I use a PCTV nanoStick T2 290e (http://stevekerrison.com/290e/).
>     It's USB
>      >> rather than "a card", but it receives HD Freeview nicely.

>      >>
>      > I use a TBS620 dual-tuner DVB-T/DVB-T2 PCIe card which does both
>      > standard and HD.   Unfortunately the drivers are not included in the
>      > main Linux kernel. TBS do release updates to their drivers twice
>     a year
>      > or so but  sometimes there is a little messing around needed to
>     get them
>      > to compile with very recent kernels.

>      >

>
>     Thanks for those recommendations. My search skills are failing me when
>     trying to find the TBS620 though. I already have an SD tuner, so now I'm
>     thinking, rather than upgrade the whole thing, go for the 290e for the
>     ability to record an HD channel and hang on to my existing tuner for the
>     SD stuff.

>
>     Leo

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