[mythtv-users] Assistance with MSI TV@nywhere card...

[schepens]

It's going back.  Thanks for your candid response!  I ought to have paid 
more attention to the hardware list before I laid out the cash.

Jarod C. Wilson wrote:

> On Dec 10, 2003, at 11:19 AM, schepens at shaw.ca wrote:
>
>> I'm using an MSI TV at nywhere Master card on a 2.20 kernel (the stock 
>> kernel that comes with SuSE 9.0).  I've been using the cx8800 module, 
>> which modprobe suggests.  This does make some sense since the card 
>> uses the cx881/cx883 decoder chip.
>
>
> I have one also. The driver support just isn't there. The only cx88 
> card that really works at all well is the latest rev WinTV-Go cards, 
> but still nowhere near as good as any bt8x8 cards, and a far cry from 
> hardware mpeg2 cards like the PVR-250, AVerMedia M179, etc.
>
>> Any words of wisdom you could impart on this would be gratefully 
>> received.
>
>
> I spent quite some time playing with mine. I got a decent picture at 
> one point, but no audio. Changing channels caused a kernel panic. The 
> driver just isn't ready for actual use yet, especially with a card 
> different than the one the primary developer is developing on.
>
>> Do tell me if, in your opinion(s), I'm wasting my time trying to get 
>> this particular card to work.
>
>
> You are. Save yourself hours of waste and frustration, just get a 
> supported card.
>
>> I can just take the card back and get something better supported in 
>> Linux.
>
>
> Do it.
>
>> However, I also had no success with my old ATI All-In-Wonder Rage II+ 
>> card, so I suspect it's just something I'm not doing right.
>
>
> No, the All-In-Wonder doesn't work with MythTV at all. It only has a 
> half-ass implemented v4l driver that is missing most of the necessary 
> functionality. You just happen to have tried two cards that don't work 
> at all well. :)
>
> My recommendation is for a Hauppauge WinTV PVR-x50 card, if you're 
> willing to spend the money.
>
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