Hello,I guess the command line you have posted opens an analog tv tuner to watch a specific channel. I was under impression analogue broadcasts are no longer available in the US and all is DVB-T/S/C based.
Newertheless here is a link to the linux tv wiki on VLC.From there you can read on and try to go the path what is more appropriate for you and your region.
http://www.linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/VLC_media_player If you have got DVB device you may chose the different setup if you like.Here is how I am doing it including some bits and pieces you are not asking about currently: https://plus.google.com/112635519863097306017/posts/WnrgmnjioJs
Greetings Peter On 14.06.2013 03:26, Doug Smith wrote:
I need a little help here. Even though I continue googling for the solution, I wonder if anyone on any of the lists which will receive this message will know how to convert this to vlc rather than mplayer mplayer -tv norm=ntsc:chanlist=us-cable:channel=3:alsa=1:adevice=hw.1:immediatemode=0:amode=1 tv:// I am trying to write a script that will trigger off vlc with the right settings to allow me to watch tv with it and I haven't really found anything about how to do this from the command line, much less, from a script. If I can learn how to do it on the command line, I can write the needed script. Thanks.