[mythtv-users] Pinnacle PCTV Questions

[Leandro Dardini]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Drew Lenze" <ajlenze at clarkhome.org>
To: <mythtv-users at snowman.net>
Sent: Saturday, April 19, 2003 7:19 PM
Subject: [mythtv-users] Pinnacle PCTV Questions


> I've built a computer that I eventually plan to run MythTV on.  Right now
> I'm checking out all the hardware under Windows XP to make sure everything
> works. My system has 3 Pinnacle PCTV Pro TV tuners, and using them under
> Windows has brought up the following questions:
>
> 1.  How do I know that I definitely have the Pro version of the Pinnacle
> PCTV tuner?  The boxes that the tuners came in definitely say "Pro" on
them,
> and they also say "stereo", which is the reason that I wanted the Pro
> version.  However, the user's manual seems to say that the Pro version
also
> has a FM tuner, which these cards don't seem to, and I haven't been able
to
> get stereo sound to work with the included software.

About stereo support, maybe you'll have better luck with Linux. For example,
my PCTV was unable to capture in windows at resolutions greater than
320x240, while in Linux I have no problems killing my PCU raising the
resolution

>
> 2.  Will these cards be able to record TV sound without a jumper from the
> tuner to my sound card?

Yes

>  I thought I saw something on one of the MythTV
> mailing lists that said that these cards didn't require the jumper, but
> under Windows, the only way I can get sound is to jumper to my sound card.
> This is important to me, because I want to run MythTV with 3 tuners, and
I'm
> worried about running out of ways to jumper tuners to my sound card.
>
> Thanks in advance for any help,
>
> Drew
>
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