Am Mittwoch, 30. Juli 2003 07:37 schrieb Austin:
> On 2003.07.30 13:16, Michael Lothian wrote:
> > Does that mean we can expect better support for DVB cards? Like just
> > being able to press a tune button in a nice GUI and then selecting
> > the channel you want to watch?

kvdr + vdr could do that in case your card is supported by linux/vdr

> I'm not interested in watching TV.  Although we did just package vdr
> and kvdr which should be fairly easy to use.  I'm much more interested
> in how to build and use a video editing facility in a box.

Nope kvdr is packaged. vdr is missing yet. I currently wrap my head around it 
on how vdr could work out of the box. 

> > Why can't everything work out the box with linux?
>
> Because not enough people are willing to put in enough time to write
> drivers and easy-to-use software for free.  That's why.
>
> A nice start would be this: If you have a DVB card, try to get it
> working, document your experience, and forward your results to me.  I

I have vdr running here, but nothing mandrake genuine is involved, all is 
compiled from source. So If help is needed I could help. 

> could then include any helpful tips in the howto and make our video
> RPMs even easier to use.  (Note that I asked for this on my wiki page a
> long time ago and have yet to get ONE usability report.  Perhaps our
> wiki is not that widely read.)

I have read the page but haven't recognized it ;)



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