Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-factory (824 mails)

[Ludwig Nussel <ludwig.nussel@xxxxxxx>]

Sid Boyce wrote:
> Ludwig Nussel wrote:
> > Donn Washburn wrote:
> >> I may being say goodbye to my old Hauppauge Model 401 pci buss TV/FM
> >> perfectly good card due to the FCC forcing HiDef down our throats.
> >>
> >> To that is there a good Linux PCI HiDef TV/FM card out there?
> >> As I remember at the first of 2009 this switch will take effect.  The
> >> local FREE TV station will drop analog and go to the forced on the
> >> broadcaster and us HD TV.  My guess is the US government is looking for
> >> fees, and taxes as income.  Most people are happy with their old analog
> >> TVs  Shades of Quad HiFi!!
> > 
> > Digital TV is great and does not necessarily mean pay-TV, HDTV or
> > even a conspiracy. Have a look at http://www.linuxtv.org/wiki
> > Unfortunately DVB uses MPEG and many cards require firmware so you
> > won't be able to watch TV out of the openSUSE box anymore even
> > though the hardware is supported in principle.
> 
> Hmmmmm.... I've been using DVB cards for a few years now, just replacing 
> replacing xine-lib from the distro. Should that read "won't be able to 
> watch TV with openSUSE out of the box"?

Sure. It's not rocket science but you still need to know where and
what to look for.

cu
Ludwig

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