Re: TV tuner in LINUX
On Fri, 2006-01-27 at 01:33 +0000, Oliver Lupton wrote:
> On Fri, 27 Jan 2006 11:56:56 +1100
> <Augusto.Sanabria@ga.gov.au> wrote:
>
> >
> > Good day everyone,
> >
> > Has anyone got experience installing
> > a TV tuner to a LINUX machine?
> > Is it possible to receive a TV program
> > using the tuner and store it in the hard
> > disk for later viewing?
> >
> > What kind of software do you need to do it
> > (assuming you have a TV tuner and a DVD burner
> > in your PC)?
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Augusto
>
> I haven't tried it myself *yet*, but http://www.mythtv.org/ may be the kind of software you're looking from, there are links from that site to more general linux + tv sites as well.
>
> HTH
>
> -ol
>
It's pretty easy to add a tuner to your linux machine. There are many
applications for watching tv. I have been using mythtv for a while and
recommend it for recording tv, playing music and movies etc.
Eric
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