On Thursday 26 February 2004 12:48 pm, Bob Miller wrote:
: Mr O wrote:
: > Actually, for KBob's needs, the audio should be coming off the
: > satellite box so tuner and sound capabilities of the TV card are
: > of no concern.
:
: Actually, KBob should clarify KBob's needs.
What a thought!
:
: I have a few use scenarios in mind.
:
: One is for debugging TiVos. In this scenario, I ditch the TV and hook
: up the TiVo's video and audio output to the PC. I make the window
: very small most of the time (basically I just want to see whether it's
: booting/playing live TV/in menus). Sometimes I need to listen to the
: audio, but audio through the sound card is fine.
that seems like a perfectly reasonable thing to do! Ive used my tv tuner card
with my old c-64, and c-64 simulator at the same time... it was something to
do...
:
: Another is for the kitchenputer. In this scenario, the computer
: screen is used as a TV. A TiVo (or a very long cord from a TiVo in
: another room) is the source. Audio through the motherboard sound is
: fine.
nice... why not wireless? seems to me a laptop with wireless and touch screen
would be optimal for that scenario.
:
: A third is video capture. Capture the current TV show to a disk file.
: In this scenario, audio is needed, A/V quality is important, and A/V
: sync is important. A TiVo or another DIRECTV receiver is the source.
:
: Once I find a decent card at a decent price, I'll probably buy more
: than one.
There are a lot of inexpensive cards that will work fine. I have 2 cards, only
one of which works in linux (the other is really old). I have a cheapo $50
unit that will do everything you need, and even comes with a remote conrol.
bt chipsets have been supported for years, and it seems to be whats on most tv
tuners these days. i dont have, but have heard the ati cards are pretty
sweet, but the good ones are well over $100 (last i checked).
my (bt based) tuner card was pretty easy to setup, once i had the right
settings...
heres what i have in my /etc/modules.conf
alias char-major-81 bttv
#pre-install bttv modprobe -k tuner
#options bttv radio=0 card=38
#options tuner type=8 type=8
then all i need to do is load the bttv module (modprobe bttv), and launch tv
app (xawtv). in my case, I can only do one of the 2 modes (overlay/preview)
cant remember which... anyway the issue isnt linux, its incompatibility with
crappy video card (DVD Playback sucks because of this too...)
Jamie
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