Archive for November, 2006

Working HVR-900 Driver

November 20th, 2006

Well a quick update on the Linux driver for the Hauppauge HVR-900 USB tuner. A quick posting on the Video4Linux mailing list and I got some tips on setting up the unit for NZ. Appears I was using the wrong firmware pack, and I needed to use the v3 firmware set mentioned at the Em2880 [...]

Linux and MythTV Driver support for Hauppauge HVR-900 USB Tuner

November 19th, 2006

I recently got a Hauppauge HVR-900 USB tuner for testing, and I’ve been trying to debug both the analogue and digital driver support for this card. See the V4L Em2880 page for more details. All of this work is being kindly sponsored by OpenMedia as part of their support for Digital TV in New Zealand. [...]

Two new digital channels for TVNZ

November 14th, 2006

This has appeared on both Stuff and NZ Herald —– TVNZ has announced plans for two digital free-to-air channels starting from next year. Chief executive Rick Ellis today told reporters the first channel, which would feature news, sport and information content, would debut next year. The second station featuring programming for preschoolers, families, documentaries and [...]