trying to answer your mail below i noticed that indeed my reply has
little relevance to linux-il so i'll add my words below...
geoffrey mendelson wrote:
On Sep 27, 2009, at 12:17 AM, Boaz Rymland wrote:
Just wanted to update that although the dongle supposed to be
working, it fails to find any channels:
- drivers are loaded when its pushed into the USB socket. devices are
appearing under /dev/dvb (IIRC) (tried also chmoding them to 777).
- kaffeine appears to communicate with the dongle ok and when combing
the frequency scale I do see some high signals along the scan (tried
to use "auto" area mode, NZ, and several IL suggested configurations
as well).
- vlc method described in this thread is not showing any video as well.
- Under Windows, the dongle works ok - finds the Israeli channels
with no hassle (well, after buying the connecting an amplified
antenna. Kudos to the experts in our ministry of communications for
the lame launch of DTT broadcasts [or in other words - what is a
trial/testing period for?])).
So, while I remain optimistic about the prospect interoperability of
the Apex 328 dongle with Linux (Ubuntu 9.04), I wasn't successful in
making them sing together.
What program works under windows? I have not been able to get mine to
work with the software on the CD, I never get any audio. It does work
with VLC and DVBviewer which costs as much as the dongle cost me.
I use the plain stock Windows CD, on my Vista. It just works, and works
ok - with sounds, as I'd expect from a Windows application. If you have
dual head setup try moving to a single head and test it again. Can't say
much other than that.
I have not been able to try it on Linux because I found that the
UBUNTU netbook package does not have VLC on it, and I have to re
download it, convert it to an ISO and then burn a DVD to install it on
a memory stick. This is because my ubuntu computers are too slow to
decode the signal, and I can't afford to mess with repartitoning my
netbook.
what would putting it on a usb stick help ? does this stick have some
processor with it? (don't you refer to a simple diskonkey?).
I tried it with some other freeware windows programs and it also could
not find any channels. The same with two different MacOS programs.
i can imagine the frustration. and the hours those trials take... .
In windows I found that if I save the chanels.conf file I gave you and
point vlc to it as in "vlc channels.conf" It figures out what to do.
Geoff.
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