Linux tvtime!

[greenhorn]

a long running gripe of mine against linux was that it never supported my tv tuner. It didnt work in dapper, not in edgy, but yesterday, decided to give it a try, maybe it was my new mobo , maybe feisty, but it ran purr-fectly!

tvtime: High quality video for Linux

now i can watch tv on linux as well

now to figure out how to make the darn remote work

 

[Dark Star]

Thanks. will forward this to my sis .. . Will let ya know after I use it about remote and all

 

[chezy]

Which remote and tuner ?

 

[greenhorn]

pinnacle PCTV stereo (philips SAA 7134)

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[chezy]

LIRC - Linux Infrared Remote Control

I think your card's remote is supported but I dont think TVTime supports Lirc.

Go here, Index of /remotes/pinnacle_systems

 

[greenhorn]

it does it does

i got lirc working as well. got both tvtime and rhythmbox to run ( but not together tho )

will post how soon

 

[exx_2000]

Did you have to do any other configuration at all? Like change the card and tuner arguments for the saa7134 module? If so could you paste that line here or tell me what you used? Otherwise if you could attach a pastebin of your dmesg would be great Im having some audio problems on my saa7134 and maybe your settings might help.

 

[chezy]

Did you have to do any other configuration at all? Like change the card and tuner arguments for the saa7134 module? If so could you paste that line here or tell me what you used? Otherwise if you could attach a pastebin of your dmesg would be great Im having some audio problems on my saa7134 and maybe your settings might help.

Readup on this,

HARDWARE saa7134 - Gentoo Linux Wiki
and this

Generic SAA7134 Card Installation - V4LWiki

 

[exx_2000]

Unfortunately I tried both of those earlier and did get the picture but couldn't get sound properly.

 

[greenhorn]

the saa7134 is *supposed* to have an audio over PCI interface, but it doesnt. An saa7134 device does show up among my audio devices , but its useless. i use a cd audio cable to connect my tuner's internal audio out to my mobo's cd in.

ironically, the saa7131 , which doesnt have audio over PCI ( at least according to its datasheet) in my pctv110i actually gets audio thru the pci bus in my dad's rig

i didnt have to mess with anything. just installed tvtime, ran tvtime-scanner, and that was it

 

[cricfan]

ya its good...but with no denoise options and no capture facilities..i prefer kde tv..its good.