[ale] mythtv capture card Hauppauge USB PVR-2 any luck

[Watson, Keith]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of
> Narahari 'n' Savitha
> Sent: Monday, February 14, 2011 18:47
> To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
> Subject: [ale] mythtv capture card Hauppauge USB PVR-2 any luck
> 
> Friends:
> 
> I finally after a long road found that the Hauppauge PVR 150 is bad.  It
> does NOT get recognized under Myth and under Windoze.
> 
> ATI All In Wonder 4Mg PCI did get recoginzed as pci entry in lspci but not
> under MythBackend capture cards menu.
> 
> I currently have a working (I hope so) Hauppauge USB PVR-2
> http://www.hauppauge.com/site/products/data_pvrusb2.html
> 
> I want to use that as a video capture card, anyone using it ?
> 
> Any other Hauppauge card that you folks want to recommend and/or sell ?
> 
> -Narahari

Narahari,

I haven't used USB capture so I can't comment on them. From what I have read and found in practice you can save yourself a lot of grief by using a SiliconDust HDHomeRun. The advantage is they work with any operating system and don't require drivers. The SiliconDust web site has complete instructions for use with MythTV.

MythTV instructions
http://www.silicondust.com/support/hdhomerun/instructions/mythtv/

The come in several models:

Single Tuner

Dual Tuner

Tech - Same as dual tuner but with more features.
       Recommended for Industrial/Commercial installations

Prime - not available yet. Triple tuner, over the
        air/QAM/CableCARD (encrypted cable channels with
        card from cable company)


HDHomeRun Single Tuner - $64.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16815345001&cm_re=hdhomerun-_-15-345-001-_-Product

HDHomeRun Dual Tuner - $119.99 (these occasionally go on sale as low as $75 with free shipping) (I have one of these)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16815327005&cm_re=hdhomerun-_-15-327-005-_-Product

Looks like SiliconDust has a newer version of the dual tuner model but I haven't seen it for sale yet
http://www.silicondust.com/products/models/hdhr3-us/


keith

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