Hi Criggie. What sort of tuner card would you recommend. Don't want to spend too much money. It would need to be able take coaxial input and plug into usb port.
Cheers Dave 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. 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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