[mythtv-users] MythGame Problem Continued

[Tim Neale]

At 04:57 AM 4/23/2003 -0700, Jason James wrote:
>Great job!
>
>One suggestion: since so many people ask about the
>All-In-Wonder cards, I think you might want to mention
>in this section that it isn't well supported for tv
>capture.

This is a very good suggestion, and I almost did something like this when I 
was drafting.  I didn't because I need some help in implementing it correctly.

My understanding of the situation is that the ATI AIW 7500 will not capture 
TV signals under Linux, because it uses an i2c setup (chip, probably) that 
the Linux i2c stuff does not support. My understanding is also that other 
ATI AIW cards (the 8500 and 9500) do not have this flaw.

But I know none of this firsthand, and what I've read (that I infer the 
prior paragraph from) is often reported so imprecisely that I do not trust 
my understanding well enough to put it in a HowTo. So if someone who 
understands the details of the various ATI AIW cards better than me would 
write up a summary of what does and does not work, I'd be pleased to add it 
to my draft (what happens after that is, of course, up to Robert, and I 
haven't heard back from him yet).

So others can see this sumary and request, I've cc'd the myth-users list in 
my response to you, James ... though your message was a private response, I 
trust you have no objection to my doing this.