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? > I think on reboot, hotplug should find the firmware and load it. You can check dmesg to find out if it worked.
> 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). > I use MythTV with a Hauppauge PVR-150. I followed the wiki documentation to get it working. I tested the video card with: cat /dev/video0 > test.mpeg to see if it worked properly, then configured MythTV to use it. -Rob -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
