Hauppauge WinTV-GO TV Tuner Cards

[Kurt Wall]

On Monday 02 May 2005 03:44, Roger Oberholtzer enlightened us thusly:
> On Sat, 2005-04-30 at 02:43, Kurt Wall wrote:
> > Has anyone used the Hauppauge WinTV-GO tuner cards? I know
> > they have a reverse-engineered driver but it appears to work
> > and they're pretty cheap.
>
> When they work they work. Otherwise they do not. Hauppauge have a bad
> reputation for changing components without notice or model number
> change. Much time is given to getting the different versions to work.
>
> One WinTV Go uses a Brooktree (bt787) chipset, while a same
> named/numbered card uses a Conexant chip. They require different
> drivers. Nice.

Both the Brooktree and Conexant chips appear to be supported, albeit
in different drivers, as you note. A pain, but at least the list is 
short. They were only $US17.95, including shipping, so I bought one.

> The biggest problem seems to be related to the audio part. I suspect
> it is more of a moving target in Europe where standards do not cross
> borders. Luckily for my use audio is not needed. There is a mailing
> list for Video4Linux that you can monitor to see how various cards
> are working.

I'll likely need to sign up. Great, just what I need, YADML. ;-)

Thanks for the input, Roger.

Kurt