are there any digital tv cards that work really well under ubuntu?

[Nils Kassube]

Gabriel Dragffy wrote:
> On 30 Sep 2007, at 11:29, Nils Kassube wrote:
> > Gabriel Dragffy wrote:
> >> On 30 Sep 2007, at 08:22, Nils Kassube wrote:
> >>> Gabriel Dragffy wrote:
> >>>> Just putting together a 1.5TB system to hold all my goodies and
> >>>> thought it would be nice to be able to do TV on it also. Are there
> >>>> any TV card that work without effort under Ubuntu Linux, and where
> >>>> should I be really looking? The graphics card is an nvdidia, if
> >>>> that
> >>>> helps.
> >>>
> >>> The question is if you mean DVB-T (terrestrial) or DVB-S
> >>> (satellite). If
> >>> you mean DVB-T and an external USB 2.0 device is acceptable, I can
> >>> recommend the Terratec Cinergy T². It works out of the box.
> >>
> >> Yah i mean T. I'd prefer an internal card. But this USB one sounds
> >> hopeful what program do you use to watch TV?
> >
> > I use Kaffeine - didn't try anything else yet.
>
> Does it have a remote control?

Yes it has. Now that you asked, I briefly tried if the remote control 
worked with Kaffeine. Only the buttons for audio + / - / mute and the 
number buttons had an effect. However I don't know if that is caused by 
the kernel driver or by Kaffeine. And the number buttons seem to be very 
sensitive - i.e. when pressed for a normal amount of time, it is like 
pressed several times.

Here are some links about the device:
http://www.linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/TerraTec_Cinergy_T2
http://tven.terratec.net/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=227

Furthermore, there are several standards for digital TV (I didn't think of 
that earlier today). The Cinergy T² is for DVB-T, which is used in many 
countries worldwide, but not in the USA and a few other countries. See: 
http://www.linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/Digital_TV
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DVB
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ATSC_Standards


Nils