[ubuntu-za] What TV capture card with Mythtv ?

[Lee Sharp]

On 08/16/2010 10:51 AM, Robert Holm wrote:

> Do either of you have a working Mythtv installation and, if so, what tv
> card are you using?

I tried Myth, and found it to be a fat, bloated pig of a program.  I now 
just use the Ubuntu desktop with a Gyration GO 3D wireless mouse.  I 
grab using ffmpeg and an old Pinnacle card.  The card sucks, and is hard 
to get working, and requires a useless jumper from the card to line in 
on my sound card.  Not worth what I paid for it, and it was free.

> I have a Pinnacle PCTV Analogue Pro PCI card which gives a good picture,
> but I have not
> been able to get the sound working.
> The curious thing is that in the Sound Preferences GUI under input I can
> see that the sound
> is registering a good input level, and I can in fact record this sound
> using Audacity.

When I get a new card, I want to try one of these. 
http://www.pchdtv.com/  I hear nothing but good things about them.

			Lee