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Old 10-21-2004, 12:04 PM   #1
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TV Card recommendations?

I'm considering putting a PCI TV Card into my box, (I have grown tired of my wife's obsession with Law and Order re-runs) and I wanted to see if anyone has had any luck (or problems) getting one to work with Linux (SuSE to be precise)?
 
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anything based on the brooktree bt878 chipset should be just fine. e.g. wintvgo. generally you'll be very unlucky to not get a working one. also check the HCL here for specific information.
 
Old 10-22-2004, 02:40 AM   #3
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Only problem is: nothing sells anymore, with the bt878, except maybe the Hercules.
bt8xx's replacement is called saa7134, and it is supported by latest linux distributions. I have a saa7134-based "Pinnacle PCTV Stereo", and I have no problem watching TV in Mandrake 10.0 with custom kernel (10.1 should be OK as is)

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