Hi all!
Well it's been a while, after a (another) lenghty stay in hospital i'm finally back to my wonderfull slack box! As a welcome home treat i recieved a Hauppauge WinTV Nova-T tv card the problem is i cant get it to work! iv'e tried linuxtv.org but to be honest i'm finding it hard to focus at the moment and their explanations are somewhat confusing.

To be honest, i feel like i'm starting all over with linux, my heads all over the place so i cant even think of what i should post to give you guys some info!?!

Anybody have any tips where i might start?

Thanks,
The Yikes

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Is this the card ?
http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php...Nova-T_500_PCI

There are instructions on how to install it on there, but, unfortunately, some commands only apply to debian-based distros, notably 'apt-get'. It looks like you need the firmware they suggest, then the v4l source which you will use to build a kernel module (as long as the kernel source is installed properly).

You're in the hospital again ? Sorry to hear that. Hope your so far bad luck will change.

Hey H-TeXMex-H,
well iv'e checked the model on the box and it says its a WinTV-NOVA-T model 909. I wonder if the instructions on the page you linked to would work for me?

Was in hospital for tryin to say goodbye life! if ya get me! oh well maybe next time will be then one! hahaha!

The Yikes

What didn't you understand about the instructions on linuxtv.org? I got my card set up using their guides (and it's the same as yours, too). I can't remember whether the kernel in 11.0 is configured with support for the card's chipset. If not, you'll need to recompile to include it.