[TriLUG] TV Tuner, Linux, and QAM

[Jason Evans]

Bill,

The HD HomeRun may be exactly what I'm looking for.  I basically want to
avoid using my roommate's Time Warner DVR and getting a tv tuner card to be
able to do the same.  So I guess here's my next question.  Do you use your
HD HomeRun with Time Warner and if so, what stations can you get?


Best Regards,
Jason Evans

http://jsevans.us


On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 2:20 PM, Bill Farrow <bill at arrowsreach.com> wrote:

> On Sat, Oct 10, 2009 at 10:07 PM, Scott G. Hall
> <ScottGHall at bellsouth.net> wrote:
> > Jason Evans wrote:
> >> $100, be able to record to HDD like a DVR/PVR and be able to
> watch/record
> >> digital cable stations as well.  The big question is about the card
>
> Hi Jason,
> You might want to clarify your requirements a little.  Do you want to
> record:
>
> 1. Analog Cable TV channels
> 2. Un-encrypted Digital Cable TV channels (QAM)
> 3. Encrypted Digital Cable TV channels (QAM)
> 4. Over the Air (OTA) Digital TV channels (ATSC)
> 5. Analog VCR Player using OTA coax (NTSC)
> 5. Analog VCR Player using RCA video/audio cables (NTSC)
>
> My HD HomeRun does items 2 & 4, and works well with MythTV.  Because
> Digital TV is sent in mpeg2 format there is no CPU encoding required.
>
> Have a look at the MythTV wiki hardware list:
>    http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Category:Video_capture_cards
>
> Bill
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