Suse 7.1 kernel 2.4.17 Can anyone suggest a well supported TV tuner card for Linux ? I have been told that Brooktrout is the chip that I need. Also I am wondering what are the issues involved in setting up a PC for TV and Internet in the Lounge ? I would like to set up a Linux box with perhaps a large monitor but am not sure if it is feasable. A cordless keyboard would be good. Are these supported under Linux ? Thanks Brian Marr
Hi Brian,
Have no experience with this newer kernel, but up to 2.4.10 my
card was working smooth and flawlessly - it's a Hauppauge card
with a Brooktree chip. Some people reported also Typhoon cards
to be working. In general, yes, every card with Brooktree
chipest should work. SuSE has a section in YaST for configuring
a TV-card. Of course you will also need a viewer application
(xawtv, kwintv, zapping - choose the one you like more)...
For setting up a PC instead of TV is a bad idea if you're not
living alone :)
And a cordless keyboard should not look any different to the
kernel then a simple one...
Good luck
Eduard
--- Brian Marr
Suse 7.1 kernel 2.4.17
Can anyone suggest a well supported TV tuner card for Linux ? I have been told that Brooktrout is the chip that I need. Also I am wondering what are the issues involved in setting up a PC for TV and Internet in the Lounge ? I would like to set up a Linux box with perhaps a large monitor but am not sure if it is feasable. A cordless keyboard would be good. Are these supported under Linux ?
Thanks Brian Marr
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Can anyone suggest a well supported TV tuner card for Linux ?
usualy there is a hardwarelist for supported hardware on www.suse.com they say, which products are supported, which not. the list is for everything, cpu´s boards, printer AND tv-cards!
I have been told that Brooktrout is the chip that I need. Also I am wondering what are the issues involved in setting up a PC for TV and Internet in the Lounge ? I would like to set up a Linux box with perhaps a large monitor but am not sure if it is feasable. A cordless keyboard would be good. Are these supported under Linux ?
At least SuSE 7.3 has with its yast 2 a very easy configure-tool for tv-cards. look at your yast, whethere it features tv-card config, or not. if yes it shouldn´t be a problem, otherewise i don´t have any clue. there are keyboards, they are cordless, butt their reciver has just a normal adapter for ps/2, which should work, because the ps/2 standard is used. (on USB i don´t know) large monitors are great!, as long as you can efford one with good quality (high values for horizontal and vertical refreshing-rate) I got a 17 inch monitor which cost more than other people pay for a 19 inch, but as the quality is great, and varrenty is also longer than the others, I think it was worth it. So, I hope this was not only blabla, but helpful. Markus
Newbie stuff I am trying to get my head around this. Naturally if you are watching TV you can sit back from the set. I am not sure if you can do this while surfing the net. Is it a matter of having a large monitor and changing the resolution so that text is larger ? Unfortunately I am not in a position to buy projectors etc. Brian Marr On Sun, 17 Mar 2002 10:10, you wrote:
Can anyone suggest a well supported TV tuner card for Linux ?
usualy there is a hardwarelist for supported hardware on www.suse.com they say, which products are supported, which not. the list is for everything, cpu´s boards, printer AND tv-cards!
I have been told that Brooktrout is the chip that I need. Also I am wondering what are the issues involved in setting up a PC for TV and Internet in the Lounge ? I would like to set up a Linux box with perhaps a large monitor but am not sure if it is feasable. A cordless keyboard would be good. Are these supported under Linux ?
At least SuSE 7.3 has with its yast 2 a very easy configure-tool for tv-cards. look at your yast, whethere it features tv-card config, or not. if yes it shouldn´t be a problem, otherewise i don´t have any clue.
there are keyboards, they are cordless, butt their reciver has just a normal adapter for ps/2, which should work, because the ps/2 standard is used. (on USB i don´t know) large monitors are great!, as long as you can efford one with good quality (high values for horizontal and vertical refreshing-rate) I got a 17 inch monitor which cost more than other people pay for a 19 inch, but as the quality is great, and varrenty is also longer than the others, I think it was worth it.
So, I hope this was not only blabla, but helpful.
Markus
On Saturday 16 March 2002 10:57 pm, Brian Marr wrote:
I am trying to get my head around this. Naturally if you are watching TV you can sit back from the set. I am not sure if you can do this while surfing the net. Is it a matter of having a large monitor and changing the resolution so that text is larger ? Unfortunately I am not in a position to buy projectors etc.
Hauppauge cards like the WinTV will work fine - SuSE sets them up automatically, and installs kwintv for you too. As regards using a monitor instead of a TV, I don't know whether this will work. If you increase the resolution so that the text is visible from farther away, won't you have a lot of crossways scrolling to do? That was one of the reasons the WebTV standard was put together, to try to display webpages on lower-res TVs, but it hasn't really taken off. Basically, TVs are for viewing from 5 or 6 feet away, and monitors from 5 or 6 inches. Plus of course a good monitor will cost more than a good TV of the same size. I suppose what you might do is buy a pair of opera-glasses, and view the screen through those when you're on the web ..... :-) Seriously, though, we probably need to wait for cheap plasma screens, if those ever see the light of day. Best wishes Kevin
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