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Just in case anyone has ever purchased one of these cards. You can often buy them for approx. $20 Cdn[1] but they do not have a Vendor ID that Mageia can use to identify the card or to set it up. The card uses a SAA7130 chip from Phillips Semiconductors.

In order to set it up:

. go to the MCC
. choose hardware
. find the card in the hardware list and run setup
. put in the following: Tuner: 39 Card: 3 gbuffer: 4
. reboot your system so that Mageia can recognize the card properly
. you now have a working TV-Card(Tuner) working on your Mageia

The card comes with a remote and an infra-red adapter. Without any fiddling, the remote can change channels but the other buttons do not function at all.

Hope this may come in handy for anyone buying this card. It works well and I have already installed 6 in Mageia boxes.

Cheers

Marc

[1] http://www.factorydirect.ca/Product.aspx?sku=PO0010

I have just tested this card on Mageia3 and it works just as reported. we have 4 of these cards in our house and I have also another 5-6 working on other peoples' Mageia boxes. It works well on all Mageia versions.

Cheers,

Marc

Just to update this particular item, I have test-tried this card on Mageia4 and now Mageia5 and the card works without any hitches as set up above. I am not sure if you can still find this card, but it should still retail for approx. $20 Cdn or less. TV cards are pretty inexpensive anyway.

Marc