On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 2:27 PM, Andrei Verovski (aka MacGuru) wrote:

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Hi!

Anyone is using MythTV? I would really appreciate if you share your info - which video capture/TV cards you are using? Does it supports HD, simultaneus capture from several TV channels. Have you installed remote control for MythTV?

Thanks in advance for any info.

I have a Hauppauge WinTV-HVR 950Q which has a driver in the pipeline. It's a great tuner which supports HD and QAM. As raf as recording more than one channel at a time you will need a device with more then one tuner or buy more than one device. Haven't used Myth yet but will as soon at my device is supported. -- Ken Schneider SuSe since Version 5.2, June 1998 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

ATI cards are just about as useful as "WinModems"

I'll second that... at least for a MythTV setup... the best advice I can give is use ANY other video card other than ATI. There are some irritating known bugs in the ATI drivers that cause all sorts of problems with a MythTV setup such as: - segfaults in MythTV when exiting the "WatchTV" module - full system locks when switching desktops - loss of vertical hold in "WatchTV" module when changing channels - MythTV sub-menus do not display or load properly The forums etc are full of people discussing the issues, and have been around since at least the middle of last year. I've encountered all of these probs with my ATI based setup, and none of the problems when I used an nVidia card. There is a workaround for all problems though. If you do have an ATI card export LIBGL_ALWAYS_INDIRECT=true will fix the segfaults, lockups and menu display problems. The workaround for the vertical hold problem is to exit the TV module back to the main menu and restart the TV module. I've found no other way to correct this. C. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org