I have a spare PCI slot in the new backend I am building, and I figure I may as well use it to record BRIZ31, a local channel that only broadcasts on analog.

Specs:
R5F27
P4 2.6GHz Hyperthreading
Intel D865PERL Mainboard (Intel 865PE Chipset)
2GB RAM
250GB IDE auto installed
Intel Pro/1000 NIC
2xDvico Lite DVB Tuner
1xDvico Plus DVB Tuner

The system will only used as a backend, I have 2 xbox's for playback.

I can get a "WinFast TV2000 XP RM" locally for $39 which is dirt cheap.
http://www.leadtek.com/usa/tv_tuner/ove ... nameid=136

I have searched around for info on this card and found that the video works pretty much out of the box, but that the audio is not supported by btaudio and you have to use the line in on the sound card to capture the audio?

How hard is this to set up? I have never played with analog capture before, i have no idea whats involved. The mainboard has "SoundMAX 4 XL with AudioESP audio subsystem using the Analog Devices AD1985 codec"

This page gives very good info on getting the video to work, but almost non on setting up the sound card.
http://www.linuxtv.org/v4lwiki/index.ph ... uner_Types

I assume this machine will have ample processing power to software encode the recordings? I have a 3GHz procesor i can drop in if needed, but i figure it wont be required.

Are there any other cards i should be looking at in a similar price bracket? I know the PVR-150 is a btter card than the leadtek but it's also 4x the price!

Thanks

Searched some more..



I also discovered alsamixer (never seen it before )

Is analog really that forgotten? I was expecting atleast a few replies!

I guess i will answer my own questions this weekend, i just picked up the leadtek card.

Here's a reply.

No experience with analogue cards, but I'll buy one this weekend.

Mike

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channel31 recording ?

I put one of those cards in my brothers system and it works fine. He's running a Celeron 2.6GHz, 512mb RAM. As you're only running a backend you should have plenty of power.

The sound is output from a 3.5mm jack and simply plugs straight into the line in on your sound card as you said, this works fine too and is easier to setup. As you said you use alsamixer.

So yeah, no probs with that cards, a PVR150 is probably overkill if you're only going to watch one channel with it.

BRIZ31 does have some good shows sometimes

awesome Kirk. Thanks for the info

I did a test run booting to the CD last night, and the card autodetected perfectly. The only errors i get are form btaudio trying to get the sound working.

The 'RM' version of the card doesn't come with a 3.5mm jack, it has an internal audio connector that i plugged directly onto the aux input on the motherboard.

I also noticed while browsing dmesg that regardless of the fancy name they give the onboard sound, its just AC97