On Thursday 27 March 2008 10:13:09 Eamonn Sullivan wrote: > Hi, I'm a long-time linux user (since the early 1990s, pre-1.0), > but absolutely brand spanking new to mythtv and digital TV cards. I > have a new PC set up with the latest mythbuntu (beta 8.04, due out > in a few weeks). I've been trying to get a Nova-T 500 to work > reliably without much luck. The card (as noted now on the wiki -- > unfortunately not when I bought it) has serious problems with the > new Linux kernel. I can't get it to work for more than a few hours > at a time, and the remote is even worse. I'm in London, with a > strong signal (and a booster too), so I don't think that's the > problem. The PC connected to the main TV is a backend/frontend, so > periodically restarting the backend doesn't fix the remote control > problem (you have to log out and log back in again, which is too > painful for what should be as simple to use for the wife and kids > as sky+...) > > I've pulled the latest driver sources, followed all the > instructions on the various wiki pages, have the latest firmware, > etc., but I'm ready to give up. I'm going to try an MCE remote, > which by all reports seems well supported in Linux, and I'm ready > to try a new DVB card(s). Dual-tuner is preferred, but I can also > just install two. > > Can anyone recommend a DVB card that they know works reliably with > hardy heron (ubuntu 8.04) and/or the 2.6.24 kernel, something > that's available now down at PC World or on amazon.co.uk? > > Thanks much in advance. > > -Eamonn > technisat airstar2 pci is perfect. It has a single (and dvb only) tuner with a coaxial pass-through _______________________________________________ linux-dvb mailing list linux-dvb@xxxxxxxxxxx http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linux-dvb
