Thanks Criggie. I was using Aver TV but Windows 10 no longer likes which is a bummer .It had a gadget that the aerial cable in one end and the other plugged into the USB port and using their software you could watch TV on your Computer.
PS I use Windows 7 and 10 plus Linux Mint Cheers Dave On Mon, Jul 16, 2018 at 12:20 PM, Criggie <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Looking for a python module that can take a signal from a TV aerial > > or Iternet so you can play the TV on your laptop. > > Does anyone have a suggestions? > > Depends what hardware you have already. > > If you have a tuner card then you're after some kind of Video4Linux module > - v4l has been the standard interface for a long time. > > If you have nothing yet, either look at getting the data from an on-demand > website (free, but limited choice) or look at a network box like the hd > homerun https://nicegear.nz/product/silicondust-hdhomerun-connect > This is moving more into the realm of network streams rather than video > data. Heck you could even stream from youtube. > > As for python - I can't really be much help there. If you just want to > watch TV then both on-demand and hdhomerun products will need a modern > capable web browser, and python's not needed. > > > -- > Criggie > > http://criggie.org.nz/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > Linux-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.canterbury.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/linux-users > -- Dave Merrick Tutor Invercargill Website http://tutorinvercargill.co.nz/ Email [email protected] Ph 03 216 2053 Cell 027 3089 169
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