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Notable devices within this category are the [[Hauppauge WinTV-HVR-1600]] and [[Compro VideoMate H900]].
Notable devices within this category are the [[Hauppauge WinTV-HVR-1600]] and [[Compro VideoMate H900]].


The cx18 has its own wiki within the ivtv Project (from which much of the code was derived) here: http://www.ivtvdriver.org/index.php/Cx18.
The cx18 has its own wiki within the ivtv Project (from which much of the code was derived) here: http://www.ivtvdriver.org/index.php/Cx18. The most current version of the driver is built from the v4l-dvb project located here http://www.linuxtv.org/hg/v4l-dvb As a general tip, right-click and save the gz link to download the archive.


This driver works perfectly for all NTSC/ATSC functions. As of 1/2009, VBI and subtitles are not yet fully functional. As a general recommendation, use a dual-core system to get good ATSC/SD rendering. There are known PCI issues when using older hardware. Older hardware can't smoothly render an ATSC stream anyway...
This driver is not yet fully functional, check the wiki for the current driver state.


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Revision as of 21:59, 7 February 2009

The cx18 devices feature an on-board hardware MPEG2 encoder; the CX23418. cx18 devices are supported by the cx18 driver module. Notable devices within this category are the Hauppauge WinTV-HVR-1600 and Compro VideoMate H900.

The cx18 has its own wiki within the ivtv Project (from which much of the code was derived) here: http://www.ivtvdriver.org/index.php/Cx18. The most current version of the driver is built from the v4l-dvb project located here http://www.linuxtv.org/hg/v4l-dvb As a general tip, right-click and save the gz link to download the archive.

This driver works perfectly for all NTSC/ATSC functions. As of 1/2009, VBI and subtitles are not yet fully functional. As a general recommendation, use a dual-core system to get good ATSC/SD rendering. There are known PCI issues when using older hardware. Older hardware can't smoothly render an ATSC stream anyway...