Hauppauge WinTV-PVR-USB2: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 00:40, 10 September 2007

Functionally, the "PVR USB2" device is very similar to Hauppauge's line of "PVR-XXX" PCI based tuner cards - except this device uses USB instead of PCI which makes it suitable for laptop, xbox, or embedded device applications where there would otherwise not be a PCI slot available.

Manufacturer info: http://www.hauppauge.com/pages/products/data_pvrusb2.html
This device is compatible with LinuxMCE
- This device needs a few things in order to work properly under LinuxMCE. Run the following commands by Alt-Ctrl-2 and typing root then entering the following lines. For some reason the ivtv-firmware package is not being installed along with the ivtv packages.

  apt-get install ivtv-firmware
  rmmod pvrusb2
  modprobe pvrusb2

- Under Mythtv-setup you will need to select a new capture card and select the PVR150 option

WinTV-PVR-USB2 includes:

125 channel cable ready TV tuner for TV in a window (or full screen). Surf the net while you watch TV on your PC screen!
No need to open your PC: works best with USB 2.0. Will also work with USB 1.1.
Composite/S-Video and audio inputs to connect to VCR, camcorders or satellite receivers.
Built-in hardware MPEG-2 encoder.
- Record TV or videos to disk using from 1-2 Gigabytes of disk space per hour of recorded video. While recording, the WinTV-PVRs' hardware MPEG encoder does all the work, so your PC continues to run at full speed.
- Over USB 2.0, the WInTV-PVR-USB2 can record at up to 12MBits/sec. On USB 1.1, recording is limited to 6MBits/ec.

The WinTV-PVR-USB2's TV tuner and S-Video/composite video inputs are for either PAL or NTSC.

System Requirements:

Pentium® III processor 733MHz or faster, 128MB RAM and 10GB disk drive minimum recommended
Available USB 2.0 or 1.1 port (works faster on USB 2.0)
Sound card
DVD or CD-RW writer (optional for burning DVDs or Video CD’s)
VGA card (PCI or AGP) which supports video overlay (NVidia, S3, ATI, etc.)

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-Device is made by [[Hauppauge]]
+Functionally, the "PVR USB2" device is very similar to Hauppauge's line of "PVR-XXX" PCI based tuner cards - except this device uses USB instead of PCI which makes it suitable for laptop, xbox, or embedded device applications where there would otherwise not be a PCI slot available.
-(driver available at http://www.isely.net/pvrusb2/) emulates a PVR-x50 card. IP Recorder (RTSP, RTS, UDP)
+* Manufacturer info: http://www.hauppauge.com/pages/products/data_pvrusb2.html
+* This device is compatible with LinuxMCE
+**This device needs a few things in order to work properly under LinuxMCE. Run the following commands by Alt-Ctrl-2 and typing root then entering the following lines.  For some reason the ivtv-firmware package is not being installed along with the ivtv packages.
+   apt-get install ivtv-firmware
+   rmmod pvrusb2
+   modprobe pvrusb2
+**Under Mythtv-setup you will need to select a new capture card and select the PVR150 option
+===WinTV-PVR-USB2 includes:===
-[[Category: Video]]
+* 125 channel cable ready TV tuner for TV in a window (or full screen). Surf the net while you watch TV on your PC screen!
-[[Category: Hardware]]
+*No need to open your PC: works best with USB 2.0. Will also work with USB 1.1.
+*Composite/S-Video and audio inputs to connect to VCR, camcorders or satellite receivers.
+*Built-in hardware MPEG-2 encoder.
+**Record TV or videos to disk using from 1-2 Gigabytes of disk space per hour of recorded video. While recording, the WinTV-PVRs' hardware MPEG encoder does all the work, so your PC continues to run at full speed.
+**Over USB 2.0, the WInTV-PVR-USB2 can record at up to 12MBits/sec. On USB 1.1, recording is limited to 6MBits/ec.
+The WinTV-PVR-USB2's TV tuner and S-Video/composite video inputs are for either PAL or NTSC.
+===System Requirements:===
+* Pentium® III processor 733MHz or faster, 128MB RAM and 10GB disk drive minimum recommended
+* Available USB 2.0 or 1.1 port (works faster on USB 2.0)
+* Sound card
+* DVD or CD-RW writer (optional for burning DVDs or Video CD’s)
+* VGA card (PCI or AGP) which supports video overlay (NVidia, S3, ATI, etc.)
+[[Category:Hardware]]
+[[Category:Video]]