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PCI tv tuners and OS X
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Back when X was released there was some sample driver code Apple had that let you use a pci tv tuner in X. It was called Shagadellic Telly it worked with a certain chipset and came with a kernal extension. Anyway back then I bought an ixmicro pci card, had it set up and it worked pretty well for awhile and then broke as the OS was updated. The card still works fine in 9, I was wondering if anyone knew of a way to get it working again in X.
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I don't speak German, but I'm assuming this means it won't work: 
Diese Karten sind inkompatibel zu unserer Software, eine Anpassung ist nicht geplant:
Formac ProTV
ixMicro TurboTV
VillageTronic MacPicasso mit MacPaloma TV-Modul
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I've tried xtv with no luck. It's a shame because my card has just been sitting there doing nothing for the last year or so. Never seen that german site, it looks cool maybe I'll try it later even though it says it's "inkompatibel"
I wish someone could hack together a driver with the old code or something. This topic seems to come up now and then just wanted to check if anything has changed.
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I wonder if there are any open source X-Windows solutions that a developer could leverage. Here's another link that maybe helpful.
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Originally posted by clebin:
I don't speak German, but I'm assuming this means it won't work:
Chris
it means that the software they wrote works not only with their own pci-tuner for os x but also for a few other tuners except the ones on the list.
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Originally posted by Big Mac:
I wonder if there are any open source X-Windows solutions that a developer could leverage. Here's another link that maybe helpful.
hmmm.. using the that link looks like it more or less works the way it did before. X gives me a warning that the kext might be shady but it runs.. too bad the interface is horrible, but at least it's working in X again. thanks
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Originally posted by wreks:
hmmm.. using the that link looks like it more or less works the way it did before. X gives me a warning that the kext might be shady but it runs.. too bad the interface is horrible, but at least it's working in X again. thanks
are you using an ixmicro TurboTV PCI card? and what type of G4 do you have? i tried shagadellic TV with my roommates AverTV card and it would not work (said no suitable video card found).
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Does that software allow you to record? I may spring for a TV card if it does. What I'd really like though are one of the HDTV cards that are available on the PC.
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I have an old ixMicro TV tuner in my B&W G3 running Jag. It would be nice if I can get that running.
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Originally posted by wreks:
[B]hmmm.. using the that link looks like it more or less works the way it did before. X gives me a warning that the kext might be shady but it runs.. too bad the interface is horrible, but at least it's working in X again. thanks
Excellent - that's good news. I'll try it with my G3's TurboTV next time I'm home...
Chris
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Originally posted by clarkgoble:
Does that software allow you to record? I may spring for a TV card if it does. What I'd really like though are one of the HDTV cards that are available on the PC.
it doesn't do much, AFAICT it's a hack job/demo from some Apple developer, the video doesn't even draw in the window (better than nothing tho)
are you using an ixmicro TurboTV PCI card? and what type of G4 do you have? i tried shagadellic TV with my roommates AverTV card and it would not work (said no suitable video card found).
I'm not sure exactly the type. I bought it off ebay for like $12 just to try this out back when people were talking about it. All I know is it's based on the Bt8xx chipset, my machine is a dp533, I'm still using 10.2.3
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