TV tuner pci cards on FC2

[Peter Reed]

Nigel Henry wrote:
> On Wednesday 06 September 2006 01:12, Nigel Henry wrote:
>> I spent most of yesterday afternoon googling for info on supported TV tuner
>> cards. From http://www.grosbill.com I found three analog cards within my
>> price range.
>> Card1:
>> Avermedia AVerTV GO 007 plus/fm plus. This card according to the Avermedia
>> site uses the Philips TDA8275 chipset.
>> http://www.linuxtv.org/v4lwiki/index.php/CARDLIST.saa7134  shows a variant
>> of this card, #57 that uses the saa7134 chipset.
>> FC2's /lib/modules/2.6.11-0.3.rdt.rhfc2.ccrma/kernel/drivers/media/video
>> has a directory with drivers for the saa7134, but the only TDA drivers are:
>> tda7432.ko, tda9840.ko, tda9875.ko, and tda9887.ko.
>>
>> Does anyone know if this card is likely to work if it isn't using the exact
>> driver required?
>>
>> Card2:
>> Pinnacle PCTV Analog PCI
>> Can't find any chipset info on this one from Pinnaclesys site.
>>
>> Anyone know if this card is supported?
>>
>> Card3:
>> Terratec Cinergy 250 PCI
>> This uses, according to the Terratec site the Philips saa-7134 chipset, but
>> isn't specifically listed at the link for saa7134 supported cards above.
>>
>> Any one knows if this works ok?
>>
>> Accepting that one of these cards has a suitable driver in the kernel, are
>> there additional packages I need to install in order to play TV on the
>> Linux box with FC2?
>>
>> Thanks in advance.
>>
>> Nigel.
> 
> An update. Peter Reed suggested installing Tvtime, so I've done that, and have 
> also found another card. An Hauppage Win TV-Express (model755, I think). This 
> is an analog card, using an antenna connection, and has the Brooktrees Bt878 
> chipset. it is very cheap at 23.95€, but would appreciate any feedback, if 
> anyone has experience of this card.
> 
> Nigel.
> 
It is the same chip set that I have in my ATI card and should work just 
fine as mine does.
Peter