[sllug-members]: PCTV PCI HD Tuner card

[Jarom Hatch]

Brad Midgley wrote:
> fwiw
> 
> on the rematch between me and the hd3000...
> 
> ubuntu gutsy has the firmware in its restricted modules package. (+brad)
> myth picked up some feeds searching qam-256 (+brad)
> but using myth client to watch tv live gives me 1s of video, 3s of a
> frozen image on screen, then another 1s of video, etc.(+hd3000)
> 
> I scored some early points but it's still a draw.
> 
> it's on a 2.4ghz IBM intellistation pro with 1gb ram.
> 
> Brad

QAM is a pain to set up.  For me anyway, the channels that got picked up
didn't broadcast any type of identifier so I had to watch them long
enough to 'guess' what it was and input the xmltv id into myth manually.
 Did I mention it was a pain? :)

However, the nice thing was the HDHR has a scan feature that it can use
to find all available channels.  It automatically scans all frequencies
as well as all QAM types and outputs it to stdout > file.  It also
automatically lists which channels are clear and which are encrypted.
That may be the reason you aren't seeing anything.  The channels you
found were likely encrypted.

If you want I can provide you with the results of a scan...  it might
help you out.

Jarom

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