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oilgame

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Registered: 2010-01-19

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[SOLVED] What is the most reliable DVB-C device for Linux?

I'm having hard time trying to buy a DVB-C card which works flawlessly on my Linux PC. It should support also HD transmissions and connect to USB. PCI is also possible, if there aren't any reliable USB devices. Thanks!

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progandy

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Re: [SOLVED] What is the most reliable DVB-C device for Linux?

You might want to consult the lists on linuxtv.org
http://www.linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/H … nformation

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oilgame

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Re: [SOLVED] What is the most reliable DVB-C device for Linux?

You might want to consult the lists on linuxtv.org
http://www.linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/H … nformation

But some cards have different batches which don't work properly under Linux and some users have reported troubles with cards which should work according to that list. Isn't there any DVB-C device which doesn't have any kind of problems? Thanks!

oilgame

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Re: [SOLVED] What is the most reliable DVB-C device for Linux?

I bought an old Anysee 30C Plus and everything except IR is working perfectly when I loaded tda10023 and dvb-pll, but according to other users newer versions of the card aren't so reliable.

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Re: [SOLVED] What is the most reliable DVB-C device for Linux?

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Morn

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Re: [SOLVED] What is the most reliable DVB-C device for Linux?

The Hauppauge PCTV QuatroStick Nano (USB; NTSC/PAL/SECAM) works well for me under Arch. It does DVB-C/-T and analog. The only strangeness with it is that suspend mode no longer works correctly after you've plugged in the PCTV and used it. (I.e., just plugging in the device does not trigger the issue.) So I always do a shutdown or reboot after using the PCTV.