Adam, so good when a plan comes together! You got the HD or standard-def? How's your graphics card coping?
I'm considering upgrading the Freecom for an HD. VLC is a bit of a faff with the manual tuning but after that works like a charm. Aerials are the problem wherever you are with these USB devices; such low power. The supplied aerials (length of wire with a bit of coat hanger on the end) mostly useless. A mains powered booster box might help you standard indoor aerial; I've a 5ft spear aerial and a ring aerial in the loft, less than that I don't bother. -- Rgds RC Robin Catling Full Circle Podcast On 20 November 2012 20:53, Dr A. J. Trickett <adam.trick...@iredale.net>wrote: > ** > > On Friday 09 Nov 2012, Dr A. J. Trickett 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. > > > > To answer my own question I bough one from Amazon. It arrived yesterday. > You get a tiny little USB tuner, a short USB extension cable, a small > remote control, a short cable to a small indoor aerial and a converter plug > for the aerial if you use a standard UHF aerial and cable. > > > > I plugged it in, and once seated in the USB socket a little blue light > came on. My stock Debian 3.2.0 kernel detected it and loaded the drivers > without a problem (it thinks it's Sony device). Kaffeine detected it and > was happy to tune it up, signal strength 60-70% on the supplied aerial. VLC > doesn't work directly you need to install a separate DVB apps pack and then > run a manual tune - once that is done you can use the resultant file in VLC > as a media playlist. > > > > In use with either Kaffeine or VLC on my aged system I was able to get TV > reception okay. There were a few digital artefacts and some picture breakup > but for a tiny internal aerial going through 3 heavy 1930s walls it did > very well. I may install a loft aerial in the room above my office and run > a cable to it if that turns out to be required. > > > > -- > > Adam Trickett > > Overton, HANTS, UK > > > > Despite all its complexity, fuzziness, uncertainty and spooky action- > > at-a-distance, quantum mechanics is probably a Good Thing. However, I > > must also note that QM permits Microsoft Windows to exist. > > -- John Walker > > > > -- > 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 > -------------------------------------------------------------- >
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