[mythtv-users] Kworld TV card and 878 chipset questions

[Ben Bucksch]

This is offtopic, but ....

Matt wrote:

> I emailed the company and they said the part # is KW-TV878RF-PRO and 
> that it uses the "conexant 878A" chip.  Is this this the same 
> as/compatible with the bt878?
> You think this would work?  Anybody using one of these? 

As Pierre-Oliver said, more interesting than the video capture chip is 
the tuner. conexant 878A = bt878a, so these are supported, but the tuner 
may not be, not sure about the audio.

Check the file Documentation/video4linux/bttv/CARDLIST in the Linux 
kernel source. There you'll have a list of concrete models which are 
known to work. If the vendor didn't change the parts without renaming it 
product. I can't see any Kworld models there. But you'll also find a 
list of tuner models (see above) there.

Also search the web. '"product name" Linux' is a good Google query.

Your safest best is to just ask the vendor, if the card is supported 
under Linux. Buy it only, if they say (eh, write) yes. Then you have 
legal protection.