Are you talking about a DVR/PVR setup? I've been using Freevo for
several months and have both tv, music files (mp3, ogg...) and avi/mpgs
working just fine. Go to www.freshmeat.net and search for freevo. they
have a version 1.4 out but I'm still using 1.3.4 (haven't tested 1.4
yet.. some stability problems I hear so far).
For video drivers/hardware I'm using the Nvidia Geforce 2MX. It has
svideo and rca tv ports. I hear matrox has some nice cards which work
well in linux. Haven't tried them. Oh, and for TV capture I've
purchased the ATI TV Wonder (about $40). Works great. Now all I have
to do is swap out the computer :-) A PII 400 isn't powerful enough for
recording but fine for playing videos/tv/music. There is also Myth TV
(search also at freshmeat). I understand they recommend a 1ghz system
for all this. Myth has time shifting capabilities. Freevo is still
working on that feature. Also freevo's recording kinda stinks at the
moment. They are completely rewriting it however. About time.
Hope this answered more questions than created :-) Let me/us know if
you have any further questions on this. It's kinda fun. My family
couldn't believe I actually got it to work :-)
Hello,
this is a real newbie question ; I have no knowledge about TV
in conjunction with LINUX.
I am looking for a way to transmit from Linux (RH9)
to a TV set.
I do not have an S-VIDEO output in my Linux;
I assume I have to buy some card ; which is
the right technical card is ? TV card? and when purchasing it - should I
make sure that it should be right for my video card, or does my video
card not
envolved at all ?
Or should I replace my Video card with a video card with support for
outputting video ? (s-video out port)?
Are there such cards with Linux drivers available ?
If anyone can advice from his own experience / give links
on a working solution (for transmitting *.avi / *.mpeg
files from Linux to a TV)
I will be grateful. do I have to use a special sw to play mpeg/avi files
from Linux to the TV,or is there a free sw ?
(BTW,my TV is a PAL tv)
regards
sting
