shlomo solomon wrote:
I'm moving from HOT to YES television. Since several of the TVs in my home are
actually PCs with internal analogue TV cards (2 Linux boxes and 1 Windows), I
asked YES tech support if they would work. I was told that all I have to do is
to use whatever software runs the card to scan for the channel needed to
connect to the MEMIR. I will, of course, not be able to choose what program to
watch via the software (XawTV, in my case), but will have to change programs
via the YES remote.
Can anyone confirm that this information is correct?
TIA
I actually had to get up and look at my receiver in order to answer that.
I do not see an RF output on the standard Yes receiver, so their
description of scan for the right program seems, to me, to be false.
Having said that, I am very doubtful that your TV card does not have a
video in port, if not an actual s-video port. Any of those will work,
and will actually give you better quality than the RF option mentioned
above.
Personally, I use an s-video port for the receiver, and will be getting
the blaster working as soon as I get around to it (which will allow
myth-tv to switch channels automatically, I hope).
There were also instructions on the web on connecting (for Windows) a
satellite receiver directly to the wall, and use the receiver's key card
to decrypt the broadcasts directly. Like I said, it did require a
special software (as well as a key card reader, of course, but that one
was serial), so I don't know how easy it is going to be to run on Linux.
If it would work, however, it would allow lossless reception + channel
changing + lossless recording.
Shachar
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Lingnu Open Source Consulting Ltd.
http://www.lingnu.com
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