[mythtv-users] PCI-E Capture Card for Australia

[Jason But]

On 06/23/14 23:34, Anthony Giggins wrote:
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> On 23 June 2014 19:23, Stephen Worthington <stephen_agent at jsw.gen.nz 
> <mailto:stephen_agent at jsw.gen.nz>> wrote:
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>     On Mon, 23 Jun 2014 14:44:24 +1000, you wrote:
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>     >Hello all
>     >
>     >I am currently in the process of moving my MythTV from a dedicated box in
>     >the lounge room to my dedicated central server. I currently have a
>     Hauppauge
>     >WinTV-Nova-T card that has been working well. When I move it to my
>     server,
>     >it no longer functions due to a dodgy PCI-E-to-PCI converter chip on the
>     >motherboard (ASMedia Technology Inc. ASM1083/1085 PCIe to PCI Bridge (rev
>     >01)). The capture card will work for about 5-10 minutes before
>     failing and
>     >not recording properly after that.
>     >
>     >It appears that the only solution is to move to a PCI-E capture card. Can
>     >anybody recommend a PCI-E based card (for Australia) that works well.
>     Given
>     >my server runs 24/7, I am particularly interested in cards with
>     drivers that
>     >are known to continue to work after extended up-time
>     >
>     >I am currently running kernel version 3.10 with a standard Gentoo install
>     >
>     >Many thanks
>     >
>     >Jason
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>     Have you considered USB tuners, or are they affected by the
>     motherboard problem too?
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> The HDHR-AU works well, no need to worry about motherboard compatibility :)
>
> Cheers,
>
Thanks ANthony

THis too was top of my shopping list but also seems to have been pulled from 
stock in many places for some reason :-(