On Tue, Apr 10, 2012 at 11:41:57PM +0100, Sian Mountbatten wrote: > Hi All > > The subject is pretty confusing. I've ordered a Hauppauge DVD-T > Nova-T USB stick and I've downloaded a 7zip file with all the > firmware files required. I've been able to check that the firmware > for the Nova-T is now installed in /lib/firmware. What now? > > Ok, eventually the TV tuner will arrive and I've also ordered a > small TV aerial. So, I connect the aerial to the tuner, connect the > tuner to the PC via a USB port. Then what? I gather there is a > remote control with 45 buttons on it. Seems a lot to me. > > I've found a web page about XBMC and I've succeeded in compiling > xbmc for my Linux desktop. The xbmc-bin file is gigantic: 145MB of > binary and it still requires 115 libraries! Do I have to have XBMC. > What will it enable me to do which I couldn't do without? > > Has anybody on the list got TV on Linux and, if so, what did you do > to get it working? Any comments would be much appreciated (I don't > have room for a standalone TV set so TV on Linux is my only option).
It depends on how you want to watch TV. I presume that, being USB, your plan is to plug in and then start a program to just watch what's on TV now? Plenty of video apps will allow input from a TV tuner, so if you have VLC, Kaffeine etc installed you may find they work (though they may require knowledge of frequencies to tune to etc). For a higher-level interface, try "tvtime". Right-clicking in the window will give you a menu to set things up, then you should be able to use your cursor keys to change channel. If you plan to have the USB stick plugged in permanently and the PC on 24/7 they you may find a PVR more suitable (XBMC, MythTV etc are PVRs - personal video recorders). These are basically daemons which monitor your TV tuner and record the programs you want to watch. Just like a TiVo if you're aware of them. You can, of course, watch Live TV with them, but they are definitely overkill if that's ALL you want to do. -- Darac Marjal -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120411104600.ga24...@darac.org.uk
