Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (1898 mails)

[Basil Chupin <blchupin@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 27/07/10 09:52, Rodney Baker wrote:
> On Mon, 26 Jul 2010 19:30:31 Basil Chupin wrote:
>    
> > On 07/07/10 19:37, peter nikolic wrote:
> >      
> > > Well this does not bode at all well
> > >
> > > Kaffeine fails very miserably on the first hurdle  try to view TV  and i
> > > get a quick click of sound no video and a report of kaffeine xbu
> > > segmentation fault this is not good at all for what is supposed to be
> > > the best around in fact it sucks  .
> > >        
> > There is nothing spectacular about kaffeine, Peter, except that it can
> > record a program. (I've been waiting for a fix to be implemented for
> > around 12 months now after the maintainer said he found the reason for
> > the problem I reported :-( .)
> >
> > I use xine which I find far superior to kaffeine - except that it cannot
> > do recordings.
> >
> > To use xine install xine-ui. Configure xine - if you need some info or
> > even my control file then simply ask and I'll send you my copy which you
> > can then alter to suit your system.
> >
> > Also, to watch TV you will need to create a channels.conf file for it
> > and the bestest way of doing this is to install w-scan; then run "w_scan
> > -c<yy>  -X>  channels.conf" [1] where<yy>  is your country's code (like
> > AU is for me) and it will generate the conf file for where you live;
> > copy this conf file to the ~/.xine directory and away you go with your
> > TV. (BTW, the line command I just gave applies for a terrestrial system
> > - and you will need to change the "-c" to configure for for cable or
> > satellite - read the README for w-scan.)
> >
> > [1] note the difference between the "-" and the underscore "_" in
> > "w-scan" and "w_scan". Also note my use of">" and not the">>" used in
> > the README.
> >
> > BC
> >      
>
>
>
> Basil,
> Where did you get w_scan from? I can't find it in any of the repo's that I
> have configured (which include packman and vlc) - running 11.2/KDE4.4.93.
>
> Thanks,
> Rodney.
>    

Here Rodney:  http://edafe.org/vdr/w_scan/


(But note that the app is called w-scan, but the executable is w_scan.)

BC


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