On Thu, Nov 07, 2013 at 09:14:32PM -0500, Brad Alexander wrote: > I have a hauppague (bt878) card in my wife's machine. It is connected to > cable, and she uses tvtime to watch tv in a window on her computer while > she works. Unfortunately, every now and again, she will lose audio on it, > and I have the damnedest time getting it to work again. I don't know if it > is tvtime itself or pulse audio that is the problem. When tvtime is messed > up, I can hear a low hum from the speakers, and when I mute tvtime, it > goes quiet. > > Since the last release was in Nov 2005, I thought I might try to find > something more modern that might play more nicely with pulse. However, all > of the sites I have hit thus far have had really, really old apps, or the > sites are just gone. I have found apps such as kdetv, kwintv, lintv, etc, > but all are old and either dead or unmaintained. Does anyone have any > recommendations?
MythTV and/or XBMC are very capable TV solutions, but may be overkill for what you want. They are basically full-screen "Personal Video Recorder" solutions (that is, they turn your computer into a TiVo/Sky-Plus type box). If you're after watching TV in a window while getting on with other work, they can be fiddly to work with. But if you're interested in turning the monitor into a TV and sitting back to watch something, then they're good at that. > > Thanks, > --b
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