On Fri, 26 Oct 2001, Largo Hellenz wrote:
> thanks, this is very helpful.
>
> so the video signal has to be preset...meaning, i have to set
> the channel on cable box and then video out to card?
> i was hoping i could change the channel to be recorded remotely with
> the cable coming straight into the tv card. is this possible?
I guess that this depends on your cable box. In my case its digital TV -
encrypted and all that - so the box is required. If you've got old
fashioned analogue cable I guess your mileage may vary.
I use LIRC to transmit infra-red commands to change channels on my cable
box.
> also, this is a bit far fetched, but has anyone created a ncurses
> or text based television that would output closed caption shows?
> (i could "read" my soaps at work?)
Hmm. well - with bttv comes "ttv" - which renders video using text
mode. Rather surreal effect.
You can also grab audio and resend it over the 'net. Here's what I do:
ssh mymachine mpegrec -b 64 -r 32000 -x '-S' | mpg123 -
For subtitles, alevtd, also part of the bttv - a "publish teletext on the
web" might help.
Steve
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