Linux TV

[Russell Reiter]

Thanks to all for the replies. We picked up the HVR-1250 at Sonnam
Computers on Spadina. Got it installed and the appropriate devices
seem to be created in /dev/dvb/adapter0/<frontend demux etc.> I'm not
sure about the driver though, can't seem to get xine or Kaffeine scan
to generate a channels list. Have to try again later.

I'm liking Gnome 3 on Fedora though. The default desktop is quite
neat, with it's switched sprite layers.(for lack of a better
explanation) for the Desktop/Applications switching toggle.

Is it possible to pin folders to the default desktop on startup? Even
if I save a file to the Desktop folder, it doesn't display af folder
link on start up. I have to use the file manager or a terminal to
navigate to it. I like having a few active folders to work every time
I start.

Russell

On Fri, Feb 3, 2012 at 10:58 AM, Colin McGregor <colin.mc151-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 3, 2012 at 10:18 AM, Russell Reiter <rreiter91-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
>> I'm looking for advice on current digital tv tuners. I'd like to find
>> a local shop, but I have a hard time sorting through the sites only to
>> find they don't have much of what we are looking for.
>>
>> Just installed Fedora 16 for a friend and they want to try a digital tv tuner.
>>
>> I saw this one on Frontier Direct
>> Hauppauge WinTV-HVR-1250 Hybrid Video Recorder
>>
>> Anyone experienced with this or similar cards they purchased locally.
>>
>> Looking to spend $100 or so.
>
> I've got an HVR-1250. Solid basic, single tuner PCI Express card. On
> paper it can do analog and digital, but last time I checked the Linux
> driver for analog wasn't up to stuff, so, this card should be seen as
> a digital only card. Cost at Canada Computers $69.99 and at the time
> this message was being written some of Canada Computers Toronto area
> shops do show the card as being in stock :
> http://canadacomputers.com/product_info.php?cPath=44_562&item_id=019081
> .
>
> Bottom line in all this, a good budget TV tuner card, very usable with
> a TV antenna, and useless with Rogers cable (all Rogers digital
> channels are encrypted (an encryption the HVR-1250 can't deal with),
> and Rogers has announced plans to drop all analog service here in
> Toronto). Depending on your antenna, location in the GTA, etc., this
> card should get you about 20 different local over the air TV channels.
>
> The other digital card I bought locally was a Hauppauge HVR-1600 which
> is a dual tuner card (one analog only tuner and one digital only
> tuner). Depending on how you plan to deal with the end of Rogers
> analog service,  or if you want to be able to feed analog material in
> from say an old TV camera this might be a better (or worse) choice
> than the HVR-1250. With the HVR-1600 you can watch/record two programs
> at the same time. Both the analog and digital sides of the HVR-1600
> are supported under Linux, and while I got my HVR-1600 as part of a
> clearance sale, I see they are still available locally, for $109.99 :
> http://canadacomputers.com/product_info.php?cPath=44_562&item_id=012995
> .
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Colin
>
>> Thanks in advance.
>>
>> Russell
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