On Fri, 26 Oct 2001, Largo Hellenz wrote: > thanks, this is very helpful. > > so the video signal has to be preset...meaning, i have to set > the channel on cable box and then video out to card? > i was hoping i could change the channel to be recorded remotely with > the cable coming straight into the tv card. is this possible? I guess that this depends on your cable box. In my case its digital TV - encrypted and all that - so the box is required. If you've got old fashioned analogue cable I guess your mileage may vary. I use LIRC to transmit infra-red commands to change channels on my cable box. > also, this is a bit far fetched, but has anyone created a ncurses > or text based television that would output closed caption shows? > (i could "read" my soaps at work?) Hmm. well - with bttv comes "ttv" - which renders video using text mode. Rather surreal effect. You can also grab audio and resend it over the 'net. Here's what I do: ssh mymachine mpegrec -b 64 -r 32000 -x '-S' | mpg123 - For subtitles, alevtd, also part of the bttv - a "publish teletext on the web" might help. Steve
