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# Hardware

Site Index:

1. CPU Speed
2. Videocards
3. Analog TV Capture Cards
4. Digital TV Capture Cards (DVB)
5. Remote Controls
6. Links
   1. PVR Hardware Database
   2. Freevo hardware Page

## CPU Speed

PleaseUpdate : Add statistics about what CPUs are required (basic, MP3, Divx, DVD, recording).

## Videocards

- Nvidia

- G400,G450, and other Matrox cards

- ATI video cards

- Dxr3

- Voodoo3

## Analog TV Capture Cards

Any video card that supports the v4l or v4l2 API. Should be possible to use with freevo. However, If you are looking into new hardware, some models are highlighted.

- TV Cards using the bttv module

- TV Cards using the ivtv driver (pvr)

## Digital TV Capture Cards (DVB)

If you have a so called full featured card, which means one with a hardware mpeg decoder on board, your card probably also supports the v4l or v4l2 API. The configuration should then be similar to that of a analog TV Capture Card.

Moreover you can use budget DVB cards with freevo. Have a look at http://www.linuxtv.org/, to find information which cards could be used with linux. The complicated thing is to choose the right modules for your card, and often it is necessary to download the newest drivers from CVS, because there is so much development going on in that area and there are many new models around. But when your card is working under linux, the rest is quite easy, just follow the instructions on DVB. On this page you can find some notes on special cards:

- DVB cards

## Remote Controls

Every remote which could be used with lirc, can be used to control freevo. See Lirc to learn more about how to configure a remote for freevo.

Here are some notes on special models:

- Streamzap USB Remote

- ATI USB Remote

## Links

### PVR Hardware Database

Website contains database of hardware used by people creating their own PVR's. http://pvrhw.goldfish.org/

### Freevo hardware Page

For hints what people are using : http://freevo.sourceforge.net/hardware.html

last edited 2005-01-10 11:16:43 by JohnMolohan
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