[u-u] What's a good digital capture card?

[David Collier-Brown]

On 16/05/16 08:58 PM, Ross Ridge wrote:
> David Collier-Brown writes:
>> I have an older MythTV that I used for analog, and just tried out an
>> antenna on my TC, with surprisingly clear results.  When I looked to get
>> a capture card for the PVR, however, things were less clear (;-))
>>
>> What have people been using for digital? I'm running MythTV on Ubuntu,
>> so it has to be linux-friendly.
> I don't think you have any of good options.  If your (Rogers?) PVR is like
> my Rogers PVR it encrypts its HDMI output with HDCP, so its not going to
> work with any HDMi capture card, at least not directly.  Apparently some
> people have found work arounds using devices that strip HDCP.
>
> If your PVR has component outputs it would be simpler to use an
> HD analogue catpure card.  The difference in quality isn't really
> noticible.  Far worse damage is done to the signal through repeated
> digital compression before it even gets to your PVR.

It's an Ubuntu MythTV machine, not a Rogers, and I want to use it for 
O-T-A digital because Blodgers has stopped providing unencrypted analog.

Any suggestions about a good digital card?


--dave


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