Hallo, Op 22-10-15 om 19:51 schreef Dmitry Katsubo: > Hoi Paul, > > Alvast excuses voor mijn Nederlands -- ik hoop dat Engels is ook > toelaatbaar in dit maillist.
I don't think that's a big problem. But you also try it in Dutch. > I was curios to read your blog about DVD reception, also because I tried > to play with it myself few years ago and made some notes in my wiki: > >> https://www.centurion.link/w/software/linux#how_to_watch_dvb-t_tv_channels > > In general it worked, but the reception was not so good (some > interruptions, no channels scanned from time to time, etc) -- perhaps I > need to place antenna close to the window, but I would need few meters > long antenna cable (or USB cable). It depends on your location. The quality is not always good. > And afterwards I have discovered that > most (or even all) DVB-broadcasted channels are available via my wall > antenna, so I put the idea into long box. I believe that all free > channels are re-translated to everyone by cable (correct me if I am > wrong), even if he is not subscribed to any TV-provider (like Ziggo). You have to pay for TV cable normally. If you use a digital connection you are not looking anonymously (some people don't like that), and in many cases you can only connect to only 1 sender. > Second challenge was the idea to show the output to my TV, preferably > without running X-Server. The only way was to use FrameBuffer (fbset > utility), but unfortunately, not all players allow streaming to it, and > those who claim (xine, mplayer) have not worked for me. Do you have any > experience with that? No, I use a computer monitor and X-server. I did not wrote the blog, it was Kevin Keijzer. Maybe he has experience with it, but he does not follow this list. With regards, Paul van der Vlis. -- Paul van der Vlis Linux systeembeheer Groningen https://www.vandervlis.nl/