[gentoo-user] Re: DTV on Laptop
On 2007-12-12, Iain Buchanan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > There seem to be several devices, based on USB2 that connect > to a computer and can receive ATSC (HDTV) or traditional > broadcasts. The ones I've found for N. America all require > Vista (uck). I've used a Freecom USB DVB stick with Gentoo, it worked well but I didn't try it with HDTV (because we don't have that here). >>> >>> What is the quality of the picture with the Freecom? >> >> That question doesn't really make any sense. It's like asking >> what the quality of the sound is with an Ethernet card. > > what you really want to know is how fast does it tune, does it > do hardware mpeg encoding, does the linux driver support > signal strength etc. The quality of the UI is a question for > windows users, as you usually use what they provide, but with > linux you use what you want :) Actually I guess the picture quality would be a valid question for an NTSC tuner. I had missed the fact that the OP was looking for something that did both NTSC and ATSC (for which the picture quality question doesn't really apply). For ATSC picture quality is going to be the same for all tuners. The question is how well the tuner and demodulator can handle multipath and low signal strenth. With ATSC you've pretty much either got a picture or you don't. All USB NTSC tuners are going to to hardware video encoding. USB just doesn't have enough bandwidth to send uncompressed raw video (that would require real, sustained usable throughput in excess of 200Mb/s). -- Grant Edwards grante Yow! ... I have read the at INSTRUCTIONS ... visi.com -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: DTV on Laptop
On Wed, 2007-12-12 at 21:25 +, Grant Edwards wrote: > On 2007-12-12, Anthony E. Caudel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>> There seem to be several devices, based on USB2 that connect > >>> to a computer and can receive ATSC (HDTV) or traditional > >>> broadcasts. The ones I've found for N. America all require > >>> Vista (uck). > >> > >> I've used a Freecom USB DVB stick with Gentoo, it worked well > >> but I didn't try it with HDTV (because we don't have that > >> here). > > > > What is the quality of the picture with the Freecom? > > That question doesn't really make any sense. It's like asking > what the quality of the sound is with an Ethernet card. what you really want to know is how fast does it tune, does it do hardware mpeg encoding, does the linux driver support signal strength etc. The quality of the UI is a question for windows users, as you usually use what they provide, but with linux you use what you want :) cya, -- Iain Buchanan I don't deserve this award, but I have arthritis and I don't deserve that either. -- Jack Benny -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
[gentoo-user] Re: DTV on Laptop
On 2007-12-12, Anthony E. Caudel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> There seem to be several devices, based on USB2 that connect >>> to a computer and can receive ATSC (HDTV) or traditional >>> broadcasts. The ones I've found for N. America all require >>> Vista (uck). >> >> I've used a Freecom USB DVB stick with Gentoo, it worked well >> but I didn't try it with HDTV (because we don't have that >> here). > > What is the quality of the picture with the Freecom? That question doesn't really make any sense. It's like asking what the quality of the sound is with an Ethernet card. -- Grant Edwards grante Yow! It's OKAY -- I'm an at INTELLECTUAL, too. visi.com -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: DTV on Laptop
On Wed, 12 Dec 2007 12:49:46 + (UTC), James wrote: > Neil Bothwick digimed.co.uk> writes: > > > > > There seem to be several devices, based on USB2 that connect to > > > a computer and can receive ATSC (HDTV) or traditional broadcasts. > > > The ones I've found for N. America all require Vista (uck). > > > I've used a Freecom USB DVB stick with Gentoo, it worked well but I > > didn't try it with HDTV (because we don't have that here). > > > Hello Neil, > > Check this out (hdtv): > > > http://www.pinnaclesys.com/PublicSite/us/Products/Consumer+Products/PCTV+Tuners/PCTV+Analog_Digital+PVR/PCTV+HD+Pro+Stick.htm > > It sure be nice to find a similar device for (gentoo) linux According to http://mcentral.de/wiki/index.php/Em2880#Devices it appears this device is supported by a Linux driver. -- Neil Bothwick WinErr 00B: Inadequate disk space - Free at least 50MB signature.asc Description: PGP signature
[gentoo-user] Re: DTV on Laptop
Neil Bothwick digimed.co.uk> writes: > > There seem to be several devices, based on USB2 that connect to > > a computer and can receive ATSC (HDTV) or traditional broadcasts. > > The ones I've found for N. America all require Vista (uck). > I've used a Freecom USB DVB stick with Gentoo, it worked well but I > didn't try it with HDTV (because we don't have that here). Hello Neil, Check this out (hdtv): http://www.pinnaclesys.com/PublicSite/us/Products/Consumer+Products/PCTV+Tuners/PCTV+Analog_Digital+PVR/PCTV+HD+Pro+Stick.htm It sure be nice to find a similar device for (gentoo) linux James -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
