[lug] linux tv tuner cards?

[thad]

thats something im looking forward with linux a non-microsoft based media
center. upon googling i stumbled this site:
 http://www.linpus.com.tw/Solutions/Embedded/Media_Center/default.htm
 however this may not be the answer to your query but surely it is worth
interesting to know the tweaking.
 thad

 On 10/1/05, D. Stimits <stimits at comcast.net> wrote:
>
> I'm curious if anyone here has heard of television capture cards which
> work under linux...but with this twist: Capable of using digital cable,
> rather than just an analog tuner? Perhaps something PCI, so I can keep
> using my current video card? It's only a matter of a year or less I
> think before the local cable starts transmitting digital only (or making
> digital available on all channels; but not in high definition for basic
> channels), and the separate digital-to-analog tuners cost around $200
> each. Unfortunately I'm not finding much, I have a feeling that nobody
> wants to manufacture such a thing for fear of getting sued. Also I
> imagine there are problems piping enough bandwidth to the video card
> over an ordinary PCI bus, so I suspect that whatever solutions there
> are, they'll be integrated with an expensive high-end video card as well.
>
> D. Stimits, stimits AT comcast DOT net
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