I had a MythTV system set up with 4 tuners for a long time. Unfortunately I've had to move to cable/TiVo now which means better TV but terrible interface (in comparison to MythTV). Worked fine in Ringwood, Gosport and various locations in Soton.
I still have a couple on Freecom USB sticks - you're welcome to borrow them (for 6+ months) if you want - they worked under a 2.4 and 2.6 kernel but I've not tried them for a couple of years. No idea if they support HD; there was no Freeview HD when I used them. I'm in Maybush, Soton if you want to collect. I'll even lend you an aerial splitter/booster and some cables if you want :) Benjie On 9 Nov 2012, at 20:52, "Dr A. J. Trickett" <adam.trick...@iredale.net> wrote: > Hi, > > Every now and then I think I may get a DVB tuner for my computer. Now that > Hannington has been upgraded to HD I could even watch/record stuff in HD (in > theory) on my computer - our TV is still ye olde CRT. > > The Hauppauge PCTV Systems DVB-T2 290e nanoStick HD is apparently supported > in Linux on 3.0 Kernel and above. It's also not so expensive on Amazon and > other online retailers. > > Questions: > > 1) Do these kind of devices actually work? is the signal strength in > Hampshire strong enough to get a decent picture without a proper external > aerial? We can see the Hannington transmitter clearly from our house and our > set-top DVB tuner has always claimed excellent signal strength. > > 2) Other than the kernel module, what other software is required? I see that > both VLC and Kaffeine offer up digital TV as a video source. > > 3) What kind of CPU/GPU is required to render HD video? My desktop PC is a > first generation AMD64 and the graphics card is a last generation basic AGP > graphics card, so neither are whizzy by modern standard. They can playback > MP4 files downloaded from the BBC fine but I wouldn't describe the playback > as perfect. > > 4) I'm in no way attached the USB device I suggested and would welcome > comments about it and of alternatives. > > As ever, thanks in advance. > > -- > Adam Trickett > Overton, HANTS, UK > > A man is known by the books he reads. > -- Ralph Waldo Emerson > > -- > Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk > Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire > LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk > -------------------------------------------------------------- -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --------------------------------------------------------------
