Comments on: poking at my pchdtv http://wonkabar.org/archives/192 linux, databases, cartoons and cornflakes Fri, 21 Nov 2008 13:06:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Matt http://wonkabar.org/archives/192#comment-2310 Matt Wed, 20 Dec 2006 18:57:35 +0000 http://wonkabar.org/archives/192#comment-2310 Still having issues with your pcHDTV HD5500? I've been "enjoying" the little saga involved in getting mine working. Regardless, I've had fairly good luck with it, and I've gotten it to the point of being able to watch and record NTSC and ATSC broadcasts over cable. The drivers, save for a few completely undocumented issues, are pretty solid as long as you compile them yourself. I've had mixed luck with the included ones in 2.6.18. The card comes with V4L drivers that expose the analog framegrabber in a /dev/video0 (I believe) and the DVB drivers expose the digital stream support for your ATSC and QAM. They're separate, and they can't be used simultaneously, but they both work well enough. Anyway, I've been through the pain, so feel free to ping me for details. Still having issues with your pcHDTV HD5500? I’ve been “enjoying” the little saga involved in getting mine working. Regardless, I’ve had fairly good luck with it, and I’ve gotten it to the point of being able to watch and record NTSC and ATSC broadcasts over cable. The drivers, save for a few completely undocumented issues, are pretty solid as long as you compile them yourself. I’ve had mixed luck with the included ones in 2.6.18.

The card comes with V4L drivers that expose the analog framegrabber in a /dev/video0 (I believe) and the DVB drivers expose the digital stream support for your ATSC and QAM. They’re separate, and they can’t be used simultaneously, but they both work well enough.

Anyway, I’ve been through the pain, so feel free to ping me for details.

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