Re: [linux-dvb] getting started with msi tv card
Hi Barry, Sorry about the delay, I was out of town for a few days. I seem to recall that in Australia, use is made of an MHEG service. I don't know if a regular teletext service is available -- you will see this in the results, when you have a tuner capable of scanning. I look forward to finding out... :-) trivially converted to braille or spoken. I'm not sure about Braille..., what format do they originate in? Is it tv signal, or some kind of text guide or something? the MHEG services, as they seem to place more importance on the on-screen appearance, yet they do use a TrueType font. Anyway, while conventional teletext is not simple ASCII-like, it is based on a hamming of a limited character set which can be converted back to a standard 128- or 256-character set font, and of course the normal characters can be displayed as braille. oh... ok Now, here is an example of some of the useful information to be found on a full teletext service, to show that, if it were available to you, you might find it interesting. This is a page giving inter-bank exchange rates from the Euro to your own currency, and is meant as an example (it's in german, but should be trivial to understand) /GIP IG*** PHOENIX Mi 21.01.09 18:01:45 PHOENIX.text 2/2 Devisenkurse Letzte DatenabfrageDiff. Kurs- 21.01.09, 18:00 UhrVortag zeit USA... (USD) 1,2857 -0,20% 17:59 GB (GBP) 0,9369 +0,94% 17:59 Schweiz... (CHF) 1,4767 -0,13% 17:59 Japan. (JPY) 112,9800 -2,35% 17:59 Kanada (CAD) 1,6365 +0,37% 17:59 Südafrika. (ZAR) 13,0970 -1,05% 17:50 Hongkong.. (HKD) 9,9990 +0,07% 17:49 snip Thanks, that looks interesting, so does it all depend on what service is available here in Australia? However, my point is that if this type of service is broadcast in your area, you may find it interesting and useful, as you would be able to make use of the text content within. Indeed, thanks very much. Cheers, Daniel. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line unsubscribe linux-media in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Re: [linux-dvb] getting started with msi tv card
Hi Barry, On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 01:41:41AM +0100, BOUWSMA Barry wrote: Basically, this all means that your tuner sees something, but it can't quite lock onto it. Right. Am I better getting a new card? I got this a couple of years ago when I was on windows, and never used it, so yeh I don't have the original aerial that came with it or the original disks... As Antti has suggested, you may have better luck with a new different card. Alright then. As an offside, supposedly the linux-dvb mailing list has been abandoned by every developer, and only a few DVB-freak luddites remain, and in theory, by posting this to the linux-media list I should magically reach thousands of developers who can fix the support for your card. Rght. For these developers, seeing this for the first time, the history behind this thread, including details about the card being discussed, are safely archived on the linux-dvb mailing list over the past three-or-so days. ok I'm connecting it to a co-axle point in my home; I lost the original antenna. I'm reasonably sure that point should work fine. I will take your word for it; you are welcome to still have doubts. However, if others in your home are able to tune digital TV signals, then that pretty much points to your device as having problems. ok In place of the original antenna, you can try a short length of wire, say, 5cm long for the UHF frequency, to about half a metre for the other frequencies. This will, What kind of wire? Ear phone? and how do I hook this up to the receiver since it has a co-axle input plug on it. I have worried that what I write might not work when converted to speech. Probably I should not worry, but be certain that I do not attempt any ASCII graphics that depend on sight, and of a whole screen. If, by mistake, I have done this, please give me the slap I deserve... Nup, you've done a great job. When using mutt and brltty with my braille terminal, I've never come across anything I couldn't read (yet:-)) And that's been over a year. Availability seems to depend a lot on geographic region, so you are going to want to hear from someone also in Australia who can offer suggestions. I'm probably going to buy off ebay. this far, GET A LIFE!!1! I mean, sorry, here is some lol :-) thanks very much Barry, that information is very useful indeed. Have a good one Daniel. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line unsubscribe linux-media in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
