On Wed, Dec 13, 2006 at 09:36:44AM +0000, David Restall - System Administrator wrote: > Hi, > > I got this working on Dapper - it was a bit fiddly basically because > I was expecting it to just go in and everything I needed would > be apt-gettable. It isn't you do need to download the kernle > headers and install the dvb stuff as described on ubunto help > <https://help.ubuntu.com/community/DVB-T_%28USB%29?highlight=%28dvb-t%29>. >
That is not my experience. I plugged it in and it worked. http://popey.com/Playing_with_DVB-T > The supplied aerial is useless - I live in a bit of a dead spot so need > an external aerial. > I have a mate who uses the aerial but the transmitter is pretty much in his back garden! :) > The sound works fine but the picture is not as smooth as I would expect > from a normal TV. Reading around the subject, this is a 'feature' that is > regularly encountered - even on non GNU/Linux systems. I tried recording > the video stream but it is still not smooth when played back. > I suspect this is no different from watching anything else that you "normally" watch on telly, on a computer screen. For example playing old arcade games in MAME results in very clean/crisp graphics, unlike the fuzzy stuff I remember from my youth. In later versions of MAME they added options to effectively degrade the picture so it looks more like a TV or monitor you would find in an arcade. I suspect if you recorded a programme, burned it to DVD in the appropriate MPEG2 / VOB format you could play it back on a domestic DVD player that you'd find under your telly and it would look more "normal". > I'm using Kaffeine as the player and the laptop is an Acer Aspire > 3004WLMi AMD Sempron 3100 so should have enough grunt. Has anybody any > recommendations for improving picture flow ? > Is it jittery? Or are you just talking about the smoothness. Don't forget most people watch a telly from >~10ft away, whereas you're probably watching on a computer <~2ft away. Step away from the screen and see if it's still as "abnormal". Cheers, Al. -- [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
