Re: [eug-lug]TV input cards

2004-02-26 Thread Ben Barrett
Oh yes I forgot to mention, my card and I think many of the tv tuners have a
line out cord, which is meant to patch into [the line-in on] an existing
sound card.

Rob, have you tried KnoppMyth?  I have it downloaded, am having troubles
burning iso's, and also haven't tried too hard.  Oh well  ( =


On Wed, 25 Feb 2004 23:27:32 -0800
Rob Hudson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

| I got a WinTV 250 card, which supposedly work well, but haven't been
| able to get it to work.  I didn't try all that hard either, yet.  It has
| S-Video inputs.  Not sure how audio gets in but I'm guessing via the
| soundcard.
| 
| http://www.hauppauge.com/html/wintvpvr250_datasheet.htm
| 
| Supposedly there's an ivtv driver I need, and enable some kernel stuff.
| Last time I followed a recipe I found it didn't work.  I've been meaning
| to do it again but priorities...
| 
| I subscribed to the MythTV email list and this was a common question and
| had lots of good feedback.  I'd look at their archives to get some tips
| on cards.  They also mention deals or rebates on cards as they come up
| usually...
| 
| http://www.mythtv.org/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users/
| OR
| http://www.gossamer-threads.com/archive/MythTV_C2/Users_F11/
| 
| -Rob
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Re: [eug-lug]TV input cards

2004-02-26 Thread Mr O
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. All that is actually needed is a capture card
that works under linux with S-video or composite inputs and
audio will be fed to the line-in on the sound card with a $3
adapter from Radio Hack.



--- Ben Barrett [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 Oh yes I forgot to mention, my card and I think many of the tv
 tuners have a
 line out cord, which is meant to patch into [the line-in on]
 an existing
 sound card.


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Re: [eug-lug]TV input cards

2004-02-26 Thread Jacob Meuser
On Thu, Feb 26, 2004 at 09:48:42AM -0800, Bob Miller wrote:

 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.

I still recommend checking the archives for mjpegtools.  Maybe
once you narrow down your choices, check the archives for the
chipset IDs.  I doubt anyone knows more about the cards than the
people writing software for them.

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Re: [eug-lug]TV input cards

2004-02-26 Thread T. Joseph Carter
On Thu, Feb 26, 2004 at 09:48:42AM -0800, Bob Miller wrote:
 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.

MPEG decompression from the TiVo then recompression on PC is very costly
in terms of quality.  If you're not afraid of what you might learn, I can
dig out the TiVo hacks book still in my posession and bring it with me
next week (much homework tonight) so that you may investigate the notion
of directly transferring captured video.  I answered truthfully the TiVo
survey about this that I haven't done that, but I didn't say that it was
only because I've not had time to install the proper software.  ;)

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Re: [eug-lug]TV input cards

2004-02-26 Thread T. Joseph Carter
On Wed, Feb 25, 2004 at 10:15:16PM -0800, Ben Barrett wrote:
 For Hauppauge and other BT8x8 (BrookTree, which is now Conexant?) chipset
 cards, which are well-supported, actual features vary.  I think the 848
 chipsets are full video in and out with tv tuner; the 878 work with a
 secondary sound chip, which often has an FM audio tuner.  It works well,
 although it can be a little noisy when switching channels... but that might
 just be the software.
 (I'm not sure about the 848/849 and 878/879 differences off-hand, either)

Actually the tuner is a seperate component, but whatever.  =)  The 879s do
have extra support for FM tuners if your tuner provides the feature.
Basically the bttv chipsets handle sound and NTSC/PAL video signals.  What
is supported and how varies by implementation and the exact chipset used.
Example, I've never seen an 848 card which supported seperate chroma/luma
inputs (S-Video), so I am not sure that the bt848 does have seperate
inputs.  Of course, you could still composite the two signals with a few
cents worth of isolating components, but it's not true S-Video in that
case.  Any card with an S-Video port has had a later chipset which I know
has seperate chroma and luma pins.


 I'd read that Hauppauge's PVR cards, which do mpeg-2 encoding in hardware,
 had some limitation, possibly that they *only* output the mpeg2 stream, as
 opposed to writing the video itself through the pci bus.  I want to find out
 more about this one; the PVR-250 cards are getting a good bit cheaper now.

I think they can support framebuffer output, but the drivers for anything
else are kinda weak.  Don't trust me on that though.


 Bob, I think your needs might have been well-covered already, but if I may
 digress and over-extend the thread:  An old school-buddy had told me how he
 got satellite tv on linux going; it was well-enough developed set of tools,
 using some older hardware.  I'm not sure what cards handle that, but there's
 even an HDTV tuner pci card out there, which is possibly the cheapest way to
 get HDTV.  

If the HDTV card is a bttv-class chipset, color me interested.  We even
have MacOS X support for those things (though it's a bit beta-quality at
the moment..)

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Re: [eug-lug]TV input cards

2004-02-26 Thread Linux Rocks !
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 bttvmodprobe -k tuner
#options bttvradio=0 card=38
#options tuner   type=8type=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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Re: [eug-lug]TV input cards

2004-02-26 Thread T. Joseph Carter
On Thu, Feb 26, 2004 at 09:31:07AM -0800, Ben Barrett wrote:
 For some reason, I thought that s-video carried audio as well.  I've no
 experience there, so no blood no foul...

That wouldn't make much sense given the evolving standards for both.
Aside from the PAL vs. NTSC vs. SECAM issue, video currently comes in
these major flavors:

- Composite (single RCA plug, usually yellow)
- S-Video (mini-DIN connector, seperate chroma and luma)
- Component video
  - YCrCb as 3 RCA plugs
  - RGB (sync on green)
- 3 RCA plugs (some pro gear uses BNC)
- VGA connector
  - RGBHV (seperate sync)
- 5 RCA plugs (some pro gear uses BNC)
- VGA connector

These are from worst to best, acutally.  The most flexible is the five
signal RGB cable since it it gives equal colorspace to the three primary
light colors and offers seperate sync for various resolutions and timings.
This is basically VGA/SVGA.

Older fixed frequency gear (and anything designed to work with today's
televisions is fixed frequency) can get by just fine without any vsync
signal and depending only on the hsync which is multiplexed into the green
wire.  Adapters to use old Sun monitors with normal video cards do this
multiplexing, and adapters to use multisync monitors on old Suns extract
the hsync and use some intelligence to create a vsync.  I digress..

YCrCb is interesting because it applies the technique used by broadcast
television.  When color TVs came out, BW had been established and they
wanted compatibility.  So, they left the BW signal alone and added the
colorburst signal BW TVs didn't even see.  Basically, color TVs treat the
BW signal as brightness and then use a signal for the difference between
the brightness and the red, and another the brightness and the blue.
What's left once you subtract these out is green.  This leaves you with
high green resolution but pretty low red/blue.  The Y (Luma) signal
contains the brightness and sync, the other two contain the color
differences.

S-Video is what happens when you combine the two color information lines
together into one signal and put the result in a single connector.  It's
not quite as good as component video, but it's still pretty good.  Most
say it's good enough.  Four pins are used--two signal and two ground.  No
idea why they adopted a single connector for both, but anyone who
remembers the old Commadore 64 color monitor has seen S-Video done as two
seperately shielded RCA plugs.  Someone just decided to make one connector
out of it along the way.

Composite is the two S-Video signals mixed, giving you one signal.  Short
of RF modulation, it's the worst thing you can do to the signal.

If you haven't guessed yet, Composite happened when someone decided to not
bother to modulate and demodulate the TV signal.  S-Video happened when
someone decided not to mix Luma and Chroma.  YCrCb composite happened when
someone else decided to output the signal without mixing the Chroma
channels together.  RGB simply was what all of these things were before we
tried to make them sane for both BW and color.



THANKFULLY, Audio is more sane.  Sortof.

- Analog
  - Signal level
- Line level (what you're used to)
- Mic level (weaker, you won't use it, usually needs preamp)
  - Connector madness
- XLR (you won't use this)
- RCA (1-6 depending on channels)
- Headphone type
  - Size
- 1/4 inch (dying except for mono for musical instruments)
- 35 mm (probably only stereo anymore for computers/headphones)
  - Bizarre sizes and 3+ channels for camcorders and other weirdness
   - Channels
 - Mono
 - Stereo (seperate or combined connector)
 - Rat's nest of (almost always) RCA plugs for 3, 4, 4.1, 5.1, etc
- Digital
  - Signal conduit
- Coaxial copper (RCA plug)
- plastic fibre (TOSlink)
  - Signal type
- Stereo PCM
- AC3 (basically multi-channel MPEG audio)

Currently, non-embarassing AV gear accepts S-Video and stereo RCA.
S-Video plus TOSlink patch cables are becoming more common, but I think
those won't last because DVD players are making people start to demand
component video over S-Video more and more often.  TOSlink will win over
coax because it's cooler (not because it matters since the signal is
already digital) and YCrCb vs. RGB is still up in the air.  Both have a
strong push behind them. Although DVDs happen to be encoded in the YCrCb
format, the playback devices quite often render them to an RGB framebuffer
before re-encoding them for display.  This is amusingly wasteful, but
lossless.  ;)


 So, what are some reasonably good ways to determine how many milliseconds
 out of sync one's audio and video are?

When you figure this out, talk to the people making DVDs.  Note that the
beginning of Fellowship of the Ring was out of sync in the theatrical DVD.
Most weren't terribly annoyed and those who don't work with digital AV
didn't even notice.  ;)

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Re: [eug-lug]TV input cards

2004-02-26 Thread Bob Crandell
Bob Miller ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) 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.
Why?  What does he know?

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Re: [eug-lug]TV input cards

2004-02-26 Thread Bob Miller
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.

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.

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.

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.

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[eug-lug]TV input cards

2004-02-25 Thread Bob Miller
I would like to start playing around with a TV input card for Linux.
I'm having trouble finding concrete information on cards that work
well, so I'm asking here.  What TV input cards are you using, and
where did you get them?

Since we don't have any TV reception here, the source will have to be
a DIRECTV receiver.  That means that I'd rather use composite video or
S-video inputs than RF/coax.  Do TV cards have those inputs?  If so,
do I use the audio in on the sound card, or do they have audio in too?

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Re: [eug-lug]TV input cards

2004-02-25 Thread Bob Crandell
I'm have my satellite plugged into a Hauppauge WinTV-GO model 190 with nVidia
GeForce 2 MX 400 and Sound Blaster live Platinum and XawTV.  I got them at
Circuit City.  Sorry Mr. O.

I don't watch much TV with it.  I mostly listen to music.  Mostly.

Bob

Bob Miller ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:

 I would like to start playing around with a TV input card for Linux.
 I'm having trouble finding concrete information on cards that work
 well, so I'm asking here.  What TV input cards are you using, and
 where did you get them?

 Since we don't have any TV reception here, the source will have to be
 a DIRECTV receiver.  That means that I'd rather use composite video or
 S-video inputs than RF/coax.  Do TV cards have those inputs?  If so,
 do I use the audio in on the sound card, or do they have audio in too?

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Re: [eug-lug]TV input cards

2004-02-25 Thread Mr O
Hauppauge. Probably one of the best supported brands under
linux. S-Video in and Composite can be done with an adapater
into the S-Video. Since you'll be using an external source other
than Coax you'll need to run the audio to the line-in on your
sound card or piggy back from the Tuner card.
Circuit City and/or Best Buy occasionally have Hauppauge. Also
check the other large office stores. Otherwise it's off to the
internet.

That be all,

Mr O.


--- Bob Miller [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 I would like to start playing around with a TV input card for
 Linux.
 I'm having trouble finding concrete information on cards that
 work
 well, so I'm asking here.  What TV input cards are you using,
 and
 where did you get them?
 
 Since we don't have any TV reception here, the source will
 have to be
 a DIRECTV receiver.  That means that I'd rather use composite
 video or
 S-video inputs than RF/coax.  Do TV cards have those inputs? 
 If so,
 do I use the audio in on the sound card, or do they have audio
 in too?
 
 -- 
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 kbobsoft software consulting
 http://kbobsoft.com [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Re: [eug-lug]TV input cards

2004-02-25 Thread Jacob Meuser
On Wed, Feb 25, 2004 at 08:00:15AM -0800, Bob Miller wrote:
 I would like to start playing around with a TV input card for Linux.
 I'm having trouble finding concrete information on cards that work
 well, so I'm asking here.  What TV input cards are you using, and
 where did you get them?

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Re: [eug-lug]TV input cards

2004-02-25 Thread Ben Barrett
hop-hog cards are the best, like the early lucent wifi cards.
Partly branding, but also simply a good product.

Bob, you might be interested in the offerings of
http://www.linuxmedialabs.com/
In case you have multiple tuners or external sources, they make some
reasonably-priced 4-input cards too  ( =

I think tldp/linuxdoc has a good rundown in their hardware howto or other
docs, which list a number of compatible cards.  Also, various particular
software (like mythtv, which spearheaded the development of support for the
wintv pvr-250 and -350 models under linux AFAIK) will list supported
hardware of course.

For the record, I've been using a program called xawdecode (or xawdecode2)
which is much better than xawtv, but very similar of course.

Anyone else making modern use of Athena Widgets out there ??  = )

regards all,

   Ben

If you're not looking for a tuner but just video-in, you have a lot more
options availabel to you, as numerous video cards now have that capability
and might already be supported.  I know the ATI AIW (all in wonder) series
has had support for linux for a long time now, although I have yet to get my
hands on one of those.  I hear really good things about their RF remote!
Some new nvidia cards have video in as well, now...


On Wed, 25 Feb 2004 08:00:15 -0800
Bob Miller [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

| I would like to start playing around with a TV input card for Linux.
| I'm having trouble finding concrete information on cards that work
| well, so I'm asking here.  What TV input cards are you using, and
| where did you get them?
| 
| Since we don't have any TV reception here, the source will have to be
| a DIRECTV receiver.  That means that I'd rather use composite video or
| S-video inputs than RF/coax.  Do TV cards have those inputs?  If so,
| do I use the audio in on the sound card, or do they have audio in too?
| 
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Re: [eug-lug]TV input cards

2004-02-25 Thread T. Joseph Carter
On Wed, Feb 25, 2004 at 04:32:33PM +, Bob Crandell wrote:
 I'm have my satellite plugged into a Hauppauge WinTV-GO model 190 with nVidia
 GeForce 2 MX 400 and Sound Blaster live Platinum and XawTV.  I got them at
 Circuit City.  Sorry Mr. O.
 
 I don't watch much TV with it.  I mostly listen to music.  Mostly.

The USB WinTV-Go thing isn't so good, but nearly all of the PCI cards work
flawlessly in Linux.  I think the PVR card might even work pretty well
nowadays, but the difference there is that it has its own MPEG-2 encoder
which needs extra drivers.  I just can't imagine kbob trading his TiVos
for a clunky Linux box with a crappy interface.  ;)

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Re: [eug-lug]TV input cards

2004-02-25 Thread Ben Barrett
For Hauppauge and other BT8x8 (BrookTree, which is now Conexant?) chipset
cards, which are well-supported, actual features vary.  I think the 848
chipsets are full video in and out with tv tuner; the 878 work with a
secondary sound chip, which often has an FM audio tuner.  It works well,
although it can be a little noisy when switching channels... but that might
just be the software.
(I'm not sure about the 848/849 and 878/879 differences off-hand, either)

I'd read that Hauppauge's PVR cards, which do mpeg-2 encoding in hardware,
had some limitation, possibly that they *only* output the mpeg2 stream, as
opposed to writing the video itself through the pci bus.  I want to find out
more about this one; the PVR-250 cards are getting a good bit cheaper now.

Bob, I think your needs might have been well-covered already, but if I may
digress and over-extend the thread:  An old school-buddy had told me how he
got satellite tv on linux going; it was well-enough developed set of tools,
using some older hardware.  I'm not sure what cards handle that, but there's
even an HDTV tuner pci card out there, which is possibly the cheapest way to
get HDTV.  

Links:

http://www.metzlerbros.org/bttv.html
http://www.exploits.org/v4l/
http://www.thedirks.org/v4l2/
http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Hardware-HOWTO/other.html#AEN13502

..and of course, some Hot links:

http://www.surpluscomputers.com/crd_Aitechtvpci.html
$15 - I have no idea if this is supported; please send info.

http://www.pcmicrostore.com/PartDetail.aspx?q=b:1482;c:36210;p:10501229
$30 house brand but uses 878A, with FM tuner

http://www.buy.com/retail/product.asp?sku=10352390dcaid=1688
$70 AverMedia card with FM tuner, remote  (methinks supported)

http://store.yahoo.com/software-blowouts/hawiditvtuca.html
$170 Hauppauge Digital tuner.  I think this does sat?  sweet!

http://www.axiontech.com/prdt.php?src=PWitem=18055
$90 Hauppauge 848-based editing board (no tuner), 3 firewire ports

http://www.pcnation.com/web/details.asp?affid=303item=695014
$70 Hauppauge Theater edition, w/ Dolby Pro surround, remote

http://www.softwareandstuff.com/card_cinpro.html
$5 ISA card  ( =

http://www.axiontech.com/prdt.php?src=PWitem=47539
$139 Hauppauge PVR-250

http://www.axiontech.com/prdt.php?src=PWitem=18058
$311 Hauppauge HDTV , dolby, remote

ymmv, I've not shopped many of these sites but prices and links are for
comparison and reference, ymmv


cheers y'all

   Ben



On Wed, 25 Feb 2004 08:00:15 -0800
Bob Miller [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

| I would like to start playing around with a TV input card for Linux.
| I'm having trouble finding concrete information on cards that work
| well, so I'm asking here.  What TV input cards are you using, and
| where did you get them?
| 
| Since we don't have any TV reception here, the source will have to be
| a DIRECTV receiver.  That means that I'd rather use composite video or
| S-video inputs than RF/coax.  Do TV cards have those inputs?  If so,
| do I use the audio in on the sound card, or do they have audio in too?
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Re: [eug-lug]TV input cards

2004-02-25 Thread Rob Hudson
I got a WinTV 250 card, which supposedly work well, but haven't been
able to get it to work.  I didn't try all that hard either, yet.  It has
S-Video inputs.  Not sure how audio gets in but I'm guessing via the
soundcard.

http://www.hauppauge.com/html/wintvpvr250_datasheet.htm

Supposedly there's an ivtv driver I need, and enable some kernel stuff.
Last time I followed a recipe I found it didn't work.  I've been meaning
to do it again but priorities...

I subscribed to the MythTV email list and this was a common question and
had lots of good feedback.  I'd look at their archives to get some tips
on cards.  They also mention deals or rebates on cards as they come up
usually...

http://www.mythtv.org/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users/
OR
http://www.gossamer-threads.com/archive/MythTV_C2/Users_F11/

-Rob

On 20040225.0800, Bob Miller said ...

 I would like to start playing around with a TV input card for Linux.
 I'm having trouble finding concrete information on cards that work
 well, so I'm asking here.  What TV input cards are you using, and
 where did you get them?
 
 Since we don't have any TV reception here, the source will have to be
 a DIRECTV receiver.  That means that I'd rather use composite video or
 S-video inputs than RF/coax.  Do TV cards have those inputs?  If so,
 do I use the audio in on the sound card, or do they have audio in too?
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Re: [eug-lug]tv...

2003-10-27 Thread T. Joseph Carter
On Sun, Oct 26, 2003 at 10:38:21AM -0400, Linux Rocks! wrote:
 So... watching tv this morning I saw a IBM commercial, thier e-servers they 
 claim for systems that run Linux, and other types too I guess they mean 
 BSD ?

AIX and NT probably?

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[eug-lug]tv...

2003-10-26 Thread Linux Rocks !
So... watching tv this morning I saw a IBM commercial, thier e-servers they 
claim for systems that run Linux, and other types too I guess they mean 
BSD ?

Jamie

-- 
Whoa...I did a 'zcat /vmlinuz  /dev/audio' and I think I heard God...
-- mikecd on #Linux

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