PC HDTV cards are supported under Linux very well. They actually support Linux before they support that other OS. I have had on for a couple of years and to record HD it is as simple as setting the channel and then just redirecting the output of the /dev file to you .ts file. This makes it incredibly easy to record vi scripts. On 10/11/07, fouldragon@aol.com wrote: > > PC HDTV cards are increasingly cheap and effective, but I can't speak > with any certainty about Linux support for a given model. Supposedly > the DVICO FusionHDTV cards work, and are a bit cheaper than the PCHDTV > (about $100 for the base model, versus 130), but I blew mine up before > trying it under Linux. The card was a bit flaky overall anyway > (crashing possibly because of poor Windows drivers) I switched to a > Leadtek HDTV Cinema which people can't even seem to get working under > Windows. > > Supposedly recording HDTV is easier than SDTV because it's already in a > digital-packaged format and just needs to be plumbed to the right place. > > As for the cards themselves, though, a lot of them are fairly > processor-intensive, due to much of the decoding being handed off to > the CPU. > > I note that decoding a 480i broadcast seems to draw about 15% of my CPU > (an Athlon X2 4600+), and a 720p or 1080i one, about 35%. > > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > Email and AIM finally together. You've gotta check out free AOL Mail! - > http://mail.aol.com > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >