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in theory ANYTHING based on the bt878 / bt848 chipsets should be generically supported under linux.
Incidentally i bought a wintv GO!!!!!!!! [sick] card and it always spluttered and screwed up under windows, works like an absolute gem under linux from day one.
well that card you suggested isn't 878 or 848 based, so i wouldn't touch it. you seriously can't find a card cheaper than that?? what's wrong with a cheap little wintv go? doesn't have a remote i guess... but yeah just make sure it's got a brooktree chip in it and you *should* be fine, brand names will still help though. if you look in the right place ni teh kernel sources you'll get this list...
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bttv.o
card=0 - *** UNKNOWN/GENERIC ***
card=1 - MIRO PCTV
card=2 - Hauppauge (bt848)
card=3 - STB
card=4 - Intel
card=5 - Diamond DTV2000
card=6 - AVerMedia TVPhone
card=7 - MATRIX-Vision MV-Delta
card=8 - Fly Video II (Bt848)
card=9 - TurboTV
card=10 - Hauppauge (bt878)
card=11 - MIRO PCTV pro
card=12 - ADS Technologies Channel Surfer TV
card=13 - AVerMedia TVCapture 98
card=14 - Aimslab VHX
card=15 - Zoltrix TV-Max
card=16 - Pixelview PlayTV (bt878)
card=17 - Leadtek WinView 601
card=18 - AVEC Intercapture
card=19 - LifeView FlyKit w/o Tuner
card=20 - CEI Raffles Card
card=21 - Lucky Star Image World ConferenceTV
card=22 - Phoebe Tv Master + FM
card=23 - Modular Technology MM205 PCTV, bt878
card=24 - [many vendors] CPH05X/06X (bt878)
card=25 - Terratec/Vobis TV-Boostar
card=26 - Newer Hauppauge WinCam (bt878)
card=27 - MAXI TV Video PCI2
card=28 - Terratec TerraTV+
card=29 - Imagenation PXC200
card=30 - FlyVideo 98
card=31 - iProTV
card=32 - Intel Create and Share PCI
card=33 - Terratec TerraTValue
card=34 - Leadtek WinFast 2000
card=35 - Flyvideo 98 (LR50Q) / Chronos Video Shuttle II
card=36 - Flyvideo 98FM (LR50Q) / Typhoon TView TV/FM Tuner
card=37 - PixelView PlayTV pro
card=38 - TView99 CPH06X
card=39 - Pinnacle PCTV Studio/Rave
card=40 - STB2
card=41 - AVerMedia TVPhone 98
card=42 - ProVideo PV951
card=43 - Little OnAir TV
card=44 - Sigma TVII-FM
card=45 - MATRIX-Vision MV-Delta 2
card=46 - Zoltrix Genie TV/FM
card=47 - Terratec TV/Radio+
card=48 - Dynalink Magic TView
card=49 - GV-BCTV3
card=50 - Prolink PV-BT878P+4E / PixelView PlayTV PAK / Lenco MXTV-9578 CP
card=51 - Eagle Wireless Capricorn2 (bt878A)
card=52 - Pinnacle PCTV Studio Pro
card=53 - Typhoon TView RDS + FM Stereo / KNC1 TV Station RDS
card=54 - Lifetec LT 9415 TV (LR90 Rev.F)
card=55 - BESTBUY Easy TV
card=56 - FlyVideo '98/FM
card=57 - GrandTec 'Grand Video Capture'
card=58 - Phoebe TV Master Only (No FM)
card=59 - TV Capturer
card=60 - MM100PCTV
card=61 - AG Electronics GMV1
card=62 - BESTBUY Easy TV (bt878)
card=63 - ATI TV-Wonder
card=64 - ATI TV-Wonder VE
card=65 - FlyVideo 2000S
card=66 - Terratec TValueRadio
card=67 - GV-BCTV4/PCI
card=68 - 3Dfx VoodooTV FM (Euro), VoodooTV 200 (USA)
card=69 - Active Imaging AIMMS
card=70 - PV-BT878P+
card=71 - Flyvideo 98EZ (capture only)
card=72 - Prolink PV-BT878P+9B (PlayTV Pro rev.9B FM+NICAM)
does actually mention the wonder card there, maybe it was just the all-in-wonder cards that are a git. also mentions that zoltrix card in your one and only shop...
pretty damn good really. There are some little niggles with using tv cards in terms of quality, but then these are typicaly very similar to the problems in watching digital tv in general. updating sometimes leaves a little to desire, but i generally prefer it to normal tv. sharper picture etc... and of course with programs like mencoder (and gui based things like freevo, which uses mencoder) recording to disk is a doddle.
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