Hauppauge WinTV-PVR-250

• Manufacturer info: http://www.hauppauge.com/html/wintvpvr250_datasheet.htm
• This card is automatically detected by LinuxMCE and is easily setup via the Setup Wizard

WinTV-PVR-250 includes:

• 125 channel cable ready TV tuner
• Composite/s-video input to connect to VCR or camcorders
• High quality MPEG1/MPEG2 video and audio encoder
• dbx-TV stereo decoder (Nicam stereo decoder in Europe)
• IR remote control

The WinTV-PVR-250's TV tuner and S-Video/composite video inputs are for either PAL or NTSC.

MPEG record specifications:

• MPEG1 recording at 1150K bits/sec (Video CD data rate)
• MPEG2 record datarates:
  • 2MBit/sec, 4MBit/sec, 6Mbit/sec, 8Mbit/sec, 12Mbit/sec.
  • Selections for DVD Standard play (8MBitsec), DVD Long Play (4MBit/sec) and DVD Extra Long Play (2MBit/sec)
• NTSC format* at 29.97fps: Full D1: 720x480, MPEG1: 352x240
• PAL format* at 25fps: Full D1: 720x576, MPEG1: 352x288
• Audio capture formats: 32/44.1/48 KHz, 16bit stereo, 192/224/384Kbits/sec
• Chroma sampling: YUV 4:2:0
• Video file format: .MPG
• MPEG file tested compatible with: MediaStudio 6.0, MyDVD and DVD MovieFactory DVD authoring applications

System Requirements:

• Processor requirements:
• Pentium® II processor 733MHz or faster for TV pause with full screen playback
• Free PCI slot
• 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.)

Troubleshooting

1. Currently the ivtv-firmware packages are not being installed by default along with the other ivtv packages, which means that the card is not initialized properly. The fix is simple: Alt-Ctrl-2 into a session and issue the following commands:

   apt-get install ivtv-firmware
   rmmod ivtv
   modprobe ivtv

This should give you a working card